Advanced Syntax

deliberate omission of conjunction in a series of related clauses; it speeds the pace of the sentence

• asyndeton

• ellipsis

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

deliberate omission of a word or words, which are readily implied by the context; it creates an elegant or daring economy of words

• asyndeton

• ellipsis

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

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

• asyndeton

• ellipsis

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of a successive clause;it helps to establish a strong rhythm and produces a powerful emotional effect

• asyndeton

• ellipsis

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause; it ties the sentence to its surroundings

• anadiplosis

• epanalepsis

• epistrophe

• antimetabole

the repetition at the end of the clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause; it tends to make the sentence or clause in which it occurs stand apart from its surroundings

• anadiplosis

• epanalepsis

• epistrophe

• antimetabole

the repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses; it sets up a pronounced rhythem and gains a special emphasis both by repeating the word and putting the word in a final position

• anadiplosis

• epanalepsis

• epistrophe

• antimetabole

a sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first; it adds power through its inverse repetition

• anadiplosis

• epanalepsis

• epistrophe

• antimetabole

it speeds the pace of the sentence

• asyndeton

• ellipsis

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

it creates an elegant or daring economy of words

• asyndeton

• ellipsis

• polysyndeton

• anaphora