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Syntactical Devices Cristina Galhofo - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices Cristina Galhofo
Anaphora
Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
"Her coat and hat hung on a hook on the wall, as if she'd only stepped out for a moment. Her wedding China was on display in the parlor cabinet. Her sheet music sat on the piano" (Lisle, 14).
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Example: "His dad is a hands-on guy who measures industry by what he can see: gardens plowed, hedges pruned, lawns seeded" (Lisle, 39).
Antithesis
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things.
"With her hair blown that way and her face glowing from the cold walk home, Marina McKenzie was almost unbearably pretty" (Lisle, 23).
Anadiplosis
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
"'And then again, we may never know exactly.' 'Exactly what?'" (Lisle, 33)
Epistrophe
"'It's about time you started supporting your own lifestyle.' 'What lifestyle'?" (Lisle, 39)
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Polysyndeton
"Must be the liquor Prohibition back in the 1920s you're interested in, rumrunners and hijackers, fast boats and dark nights" (Lisle, 5).
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
Espanalepsis
Definition: Repetition after intervening words.
"Sometimes he did and sometimes he didn't" (Lisle, 14).