Syntax Flashcards

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Anadiplosis

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Figure that builds one thought on top of another by taking the last word of a clause and using it to begin the next clause

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Antimetabole

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Repetition of words in an inverted order

Eat to live, not live to eat

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Antithesis

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Parallel structure the juxtaposes contrasting ideas

that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

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Asyndeton

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Leaves out conjunctions

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Polysyndeton

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Figures that links clauses with a repeated conjunction

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Epanalepsis

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Same word or phrase is found in the beginning and the end of a sentence

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Epistrophe

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Same word or phrase is repeated at the end of multiple clauses or sentences

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Conditional

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If, then

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Declarative sentence

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Gives information or explains what’s going on

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Exclamatory sentence

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Provides emotion or emphasis

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Imperative sentence

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Makes a command

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Interrogative sentence

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Asks a question

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Hortative sentence

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Strongly encourages

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Inversion

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Reversal of normal word order

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