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Syntactical SD - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical SD
SD based on formal and semantic interaction of syntactical constructions
Parallelism
Types
Complete
Partial
Functions
Semantic
Structural
Chiasmus
Reversed Parallelism
Functions
to lay stress on the second part of the utterance, which is opposite in the structure
to break the rhythm and monotony of parallel constructions
to draw attention to the additional information contained in the utterance, thus emphasizing it
Anaphora
Functions
to emphasize ideas
to deliver an artistic effect to a passage
to add rhythm to a work as well as making it more pleasurable to read and easier to remember
to appeal to the emotions of the audience in order to persuade, inspire, motivate and encourage them
Epiphora
Functions
serves the function of furnishing an artistic effect to passages; both in poetry as well as prose
lays emphasis on a particular idea
lends a unique rhythm to the text which consequently becomes a pleasurable experience for the readers that is the reason that it is easily understood and memorized along with providing full comprehension of the emphasis it adds to the ideas
makes appeal to the emotions of the audience in order to persuade them be courageous and motivated
SD based on the transformation of types and means of syntactic connection
Parcellation
Colloquial speech
Functions
It may specify the context of the basic part of the utterance
It is used for characterizing the psychological state of the literary personage
It may perform a descriptive function, depicting the environment, conditions or details of the events described
The parcellation of homogeneous simple predicates with the conjunction and which makes the utterance rhythmical, conveys dynamism of the action
Coordination instead of subordination
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
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.
Functions
helps the author to show different planes of narrative; the connection itself is more important stylistically than the content of the sentence
creates the humorous character of the utterance
the aesthetic principle - to avoid the repetition of and in close succession
SD based on the transposition of syntactical meaning
Rhetoric questions
Forms
Negative assertions
Rhetoric questions as metaphors
Functions
communicative functions
enhances the expressiveness of speech
used in oratory style, rhetoric questions aim at catching the attention of the audience
makes the sequential sentences sound persuasive and significant
although sometimes amusing and even humorous, rhetorical questions are rarely meant for pure, comedic effect