Syntax study Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 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. |
| Antithesis | 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. |
| Asyndeton | a series of phrases or clauses put together without the coordinating conjunctions. |
| 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 modifies 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. |
| Apposition | placing side by side two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first. |
| Anaphora | repetition of the same word or group pf words at the beginnings of successful clause. |
| Antimetabole | repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. |
| Polysyndeton | a series of words,phrases, or clauses each connected with a conjunction; indicated an air of solemness, draws emphasis to the things, connected; suggest a piling up of things, emotions,etc. |
| Anadiplosis | repeating the last word of one sentence (or clause) as the first word of the next. |
| Epistrophe | The opposite of an anaphora. |
| Epanalepsis | using the same word at the beginning of a sentence and at the end. |
| Chiasmus | reverses grammatical elements. |
| Epsnorthosis | or "correction" conveys a sense of immediacy. |
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