English Syntax

Alliteration

Repetition of an initial sound in a group of words

Anadiplosis

Repetition of the last word or line in a clause to begin the next (chain effect)

Anaphora

Repeating a sequence of words of the beginning of neighbouring clauses to create emphasis

Epistrophe

Emphasis comes at the end of neighbouring clauses

Anastrophe

Inverted word order (sounds like Yoda)

Apposition

Two elements (noun phrases) placed side by side with one element defining or modifying the other

Asyndeton

The obvious omission of conjunctions

Polysyndeton

The use of several conjunctions in close succession

Chiasmus

Two or more clauses related to each other through a reversal of structure in order to make a larger point

Parallelism

A balance of two or more similar words, phrases or clauses

Polyptoton

Words derived from the same root word are repeated