Advanced Syntax

The omission or ABSENCE OF A CONJUNCTION between parts of a sentence.

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysendeton

• Anaphora

The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues...

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

Stylistic device in which several coordinating CONJUNCTIONS are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect.

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the BEGINNING of successive clauses.

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

A form of repetition in which the LAST word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence.

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

Repetition of the INITIAL part of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence.

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

The repetition of a word at the END of successive clauses or sentences.

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

Repetition of words in successive clauses, but in TRANSPOSED ORDER.

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

EX: He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac. - On the Road by Jack Kerouac

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysendeton

• Anaphora

EX: In the baseball game, our team scored four homeruns, the other team, only two…

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora