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Syntax Flashcards
College English study vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asyrdeton | A series of phrases or clauses put together without the coordinating conjunction. |
| Ellipsis | Deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context; indicates economy of expression. |
| Nominative Absolute | A phrase containing a noun modified by a present or past participle; indicates economy of expression. |
| Parenthesis | Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence. |
| Apposistion | Placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first. |
| Parallelism | A series of words, phrases and/or clauses in the same grammatical construction. |
| Balanced | A compound sentence that has its independent clauses grammatically mirror each other. |
| Anithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure; especially used to suggest wit. |
| Periodic | Subject and verb found at the end of the sentence, |
| Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order. |
| Anaphora | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. |
| Antimetabole | Repetition of words in a successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. |
| Polysyndeton | |
| Anadiplosis | Repeating the last word of one sentence (or clause) as the first word of the next. |
| Epistrophe | The opposite of anaphora. |
| Epanalensis | Using the same word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence and at the end. |
| Chiasmus | Reverses grammatical elements. |
| Epanprthosis | Or "correction" conveys a sense of immediacy. |