Ap English Syntax

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Asyndeton

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purposeful omission of conjunctions, " I saw; i came; i conquered." It speeds up the rythm

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Polysndenton

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purposeful insertion of extra conjunctions. THe author wants to slow the rythm down and emphasize( Okefonokee swamp)

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Anaphora

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repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences ( "I have a dream)

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Epistrophe

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repetition of the same word or words at the end of phrases, clause, or sentences( of the people, for the people)

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Anadiplosis

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repetition of the last word of a phrase clause, or sentence as the first word of the next phrase, clause of sentence( let him see a land--a land where)

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Epanalepsis

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repetition of the same word at the beginning and end of the same phrase, clause or sentence( John is concerned about the well-being of John)

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Antimetabole

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repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order( ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country)

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Chiasmus

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slight subtle difference, type of rhetorical balance which the second part is syntatically balanced against the first but with the parts reversed ( Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike) or "workds without show, and without pomp presides).