Sentence Schemes
Terms
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- paradox
- clauses that contradict one another
- transition
- clauses that provide a transition (shift) from one subject to another
- parallelism
- corresponding grammatical structure (phrases with same parts of speech)
- isocolon
- elements not only parallel in structure, but also in length
- antimetabole
- repitition of words in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order; ex. eat to live, not live to eat; stresses antithesis
- epistrophe
- repetition of the same word/phrase at the ends of successive clauses for rhythm or emphasis
- anaphora
- repetition of the same word/phrase at the beginnings of successive clauses for polaticians; emphasis, rhythm. with repetition, juxtapose (emphasis) what is different as well
- anadiplosis
- repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause; emphasis; climactic; holding hands
- antithesis
- reoccuring beat (like verse)
- parenthesis
- insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence; sends thought off on a tangent, gives author's opinion
- ellipsis
- deliberate omission of a word(s) which are readily implied by the context; economy of expression
- chiasmis
- "criss-cross" reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses; ex. by day the frolic, the dance by night.
- climax
- arrangement of words, phrases, clauses in an order of increasing importance
- oxymoron
- contradicting clauses
- epanalepsis
- repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause; repetition, emphasis; book ends
- polyptoton
- repetition of words derived from the same root; similar to plays on words; can be a variation of same word; emphasis
- polysyndenton
- opposite of asyndenton; slows things down instead of speeding up; uses "and" a lot
- listing
- (simple parallelism) lists clauses
- apposition
- placing side by side two coordinate elements the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first
- asyndenton
- deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses; causes hurried rhythm; good for conclusion (emotional reaction)
- juxtaposition
- clauses set side by side