Syntax Flashcards
Anadiplosis
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
Antimetabole
Repetition of words in an inverted order
Eat to live, not live to eat
Antithesis
Parallel structure the juxtaposes contrasting ideas
that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Asyndeton
Leaves out conjunctions
Polysyndeton
Figures that links clauses with a repeated conjunction
Epanalepsis
Same word or phrase is found in the beginning and the end of a sentence
Epistrophe
Same word or phrase is repeated at the end of multiple clauses or sentences
Conditional
If, then
Declarative sentence
Gives information or explains what’s going on
Exclamatory sentence
Provides emotion or emphasis
Imperative sentence
Makes a command
Interrogative sentence
Asks a question
Hortative sentence
Strongly encourages
Inversion
Reversal of normal word order