Advanced Syntax

is a deliberate omission of conjunctions in a series of related clauses

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

is the deliberate omission of a word or words, which are repeatedly implied by the context

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

the deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis- to highlight the quantity or mass of detail or to create a flowing, continuous pattern

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

the repitition of a word or a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses

• asyndeton

• ellipsis

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

the repetition of the last word at the beginning of the following clause

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

repetition of a word at the end of a clause that was also at the beginning of the clause

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

the repetition of the same word or the same group of words at the ends of successive clauses

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

a sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first

• Anadiplosis

• Epanalepsis

• Epistrophe

• Antimetabole

Speed up the film, Montag, quick. Click, Pic, Look, Eye, Now, Flick, Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out, Why, How, Who, What, Where, Eh? Uh! Bang! Smack! Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom!

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

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

• Asyndeton

• Ellipsis

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora