what is syntax NOT

Question 1

I like cheese, it is tasty. It’s alway good, I love it.

Answer 1

parataxis/asyndeton (short, simple sentences, no conjunctions, clauses, side-by side)

Question 2

i like. I have always. i don’t. you know. it’s so…

Answer 2

sentence fragment

Question 3

Diane likes cheese more

Answer 3

truncated sentence (cut off)

Question 4

Having lived in France for so long, I have always, as you know, been a great lover of fine cheeses, and certainly not the rubbish you get in Australia.

Answer 4

Syntaxis (long complex, multi-clause sentences or a series of sentences)

Question 5

I like cheese. Actually, you know, I adore cheese. I worship fermented milk products. In all honesty, I desire aged-cheddar. I love brie. I want Gorgonzola.

Answer 5

Grammatical parallelism (different words, but repeating similar grammatical structures, or syntax, in a text)

Question 6

I have a dream of a country…I have a dream where cheese…I have a dream.

Answer 6

anaphora (repetition at the start of sentences)

Question 7

… when the farmer gave me cheese…gave me the cheese..that man gave me the cheese.

Answer 7

epistrophe (repetition at the end of sentences)

Question 8

I love cheese and wine and beer and steak

Answer 8

Polysyndeton (using multiple conjunctions to emphasise each noun or to slow down/draw out the sentence pleasurably or uncomfortably