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Syntactical Devices - Katie Vitti - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices - Katie Vitti
Polysyndeton
Example: "Must be the liquor prohibition back in the 1920s you're so interested in, rumrunners and hijackers, fast boats and dark nights."
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
Epanalepsis
Example: "I don't want to bother you, but I read about some things and wondered if I could check them out with you."
Definition: Repetition after intervening words
Asyndeton
Example: "The man closes up, won't even make eye contact."
Definition: omission of of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Anadiplosis
Example: "'It's about time you start supporting your own lifestyle.' 'What lifestyle?'"
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
Anaphora
Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Example: "Her wedding china was on display in the parlor cabinet. Her sheet music, sat on the piano. Her bold handwriting filled the book of recipes that lay open, more often than not, on the counter in the kitchen where Marina, Jeddy's older sister, was now in charge.
Epistrophe
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Example: We were close at one time. Had adventures. What adventures?
Antithesis
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things
Example: "Chief McKenzie drew a good deal less salary than what my father made managing the store, and there were few luxuries.