Sentence Level Techniques
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Created by:
catherineholland10 on October 7, 2009
Subjects:
AP English Literature and Composition
Classes:
Rhetoric & composition at home
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8 terms
Italian | English |
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 Aposiopesis | The speaker fails to complete his sentence (seemingly) overpowered by his emotions EX: Though I know love often prevails, I simply can't... |
| Asyndeton | The omission of conjunctions to coordinate clauses, phrases, or words where the conjunctions would normally be used. EX: What can the sheep dog make of such simplified terrain - no hills, streams, bogs, walls, tracks... |
| Polysyndeton | The unusual repetition of the same conjunction (opposite of Asyndeton) EX: It is land with neither night nor day, nor heat nor cold, nor any wind, nor rain, nor hills, nor valleys. |
| Chiasmus | Two corresponding pairs are arranged in inverted , mirror like order EX: At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. |
| Ellipsis | A word or phrase in a sentence is omitted though implied by context. EX: Elizabeth embraces Jonathon, and Jonathon, Elizabeth. |
| Framing | A syntactic unit or verse is framed by the same element at the beginning and at the end. E: Prayer, suggested the preacher, prayer. |
| Inversion | The usual word order is rearranged, often for emphasis or to maintain the meter EX: Too often are my comments ignored |
| Parallelism | The repetition of identical or similar syntactical elements (word/phrase/clause) EX: Dark can represent evil; light can represent good. |
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