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Syntactical Stylistic Devices - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Stylistic Devices
SD based on formal and semantic interaction of syntactical constructions
Chiasmus
It is a syntactical stylistic device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. It lays stress on the second part of the utterance, which is opposite in the structure. Chiasmus breaks the rhythm and monotony of parallel constructions. Besides, it draws attention to the additional information contained in the utterance, thus emphasizing it.
Anaphora
It is a deliberate repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive clauses or sentances. It emphasizes ideas, adds rhythm to a work as well as making it more pleasurable to read and easier to remember. Anaphora delivers an artistic effect to a passage and appeals to the emotions of the audience in order to persuade, inspire, motivate and encourage them.
Parallelism
It is a repetition in close succession of the constructions formed by a similar syntactical pattern. It maintains a consistency within the work, creates a balanced flow of ideas, carries an emotive function and generates rhythm. Also, parallelism is a tool for persuasion and carries a describing function.
Epiphora
It is a stylistic device, the repetition of the final words or word-groups in succeeding sentences or clauses. It serves the function of furnishing an artistic effect to passages, lays emphasisis on a particular idea, lends a unique rhythm to the text which consequently becomes a pleasurable experience for the readers, makes appeal to the emotions of the audience.
SD based on the transposition of syntactical meaning
Rhetoric question
It is the syntactical stylistic device in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. It enhances the expressiveness of speech, makes the sequential sentences sound persuasive and significant. Rhetoric questions aim at catching the attention of the audience and are rarely meant for pure, comedic effect.
SD based on the transformation of types and means of syntactic connection
Coordination instead of subordination
It is a type of logical connection of thoughts, where coordinating conjunction does not introduce a coordinate idea or equality in the semantic weights of the parts of the sentence or clause that follows.
Subordination instead of coordination
It is a type of logical connection of thoughts, where subordinating conjunction does not introduce a subordinate idea or equality in the semantic weights of the parts of the sentence or clause that follows.
They help the author to show different planes of narrative, create the humorous character of the utterance, serve the aesthetic principle – to avoid the repetition of and in close succession.
Parcellation
It is a syntactical expressive stylistic device, graphic and syntactic separation due to which a syntactical construction becomes formally independent. It may specify the context of the basic part of the utterance, makes the utterance rhythmical and conveys dynamism of the action. It is used for characterizing the psychological state of the literary personage.