syntax language level Flashcards
(14 cards)
listing (asyndetic/syndetic)
asyndetic- without conjunctions
syndetic- with conjunctions
triadic structure
groups of three
anadiplosis
the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the sentence.
anaphora
the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition, for example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb do in I like it and so do they.
parallelism
the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, metre, meaning
anaphoric and cataphoric referencing
Anaphoric reference occurs when a word or phrase refers to something mentioned earlier in the discourse
Cataphoric reference occurs when a word or phrase refers to something mentioned later in the discourse
Exophoric reference occurs when a word or phrase refers to something outside the discourse.
grammatical apposition
a grammatical construction in which two or more usually adjacent words, phrases, or clauses (especially nouns or noun equivalents) that have the same referent stand in the same syntactical relation to the rest of a sentence
syntactic dislocation
sentence structure in which a constituent, which could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of the clause, occurs outside the clause boundaries either to its left or to its right
inverted syntax
Inverted syntax (also known as inversion) challenges that norm, restructuring sentences so that emphasis is placed on the verb or object instead.
chiasmus
a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order.
repetition
happens more than once
rhetorical questions
a question that doesn’t expect an answer
hypophora
raising a question then immediately answering it
epizeuxis
repetition consequently
