Syntactic patterns

Question 1

antithesis

Answer 1

Antithesis is the presentation of two contrasting ideas near one another in
parallel structures. Antithesis is used to create a balance between opposing ideas
and to emphasise this contrast.

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …’ – Charles Dickens
(antonymy creates contrast)

Question 2

listing

Answer 2

Listing is used to present a series of related ideas, items or elements, usually in a
similar grammatical form. Words, phrases or clauses in a list are often introduced
by a colon and are separated by commas or semicolons (for longer items or those
already containing commas).

I need to buy pies, cakes, hot dogs and sausage rolls. (enhances clarity)

Question 3

parallelism

Answer 3

Parallelism is the repetition of grammatical structures two or more times in
succession.

work hard, stay focused (verb+adjective repeated structure)