Syntax Quiz Flashcards
“Because the world is a place of silence, the sky at night when the birds have gone is a vast silent place.”
Repetition
“You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t.”
Anaphora
If the oven is on, turn it off!
Inversion
‘I must be cruel, only to be kind’’
Paradox
When they arrive, let me know!
Inversion
“Like”
Expletive
“Young Goodman Brown caught hold of a tree, for support, being ready to sink down on the ground, faint and overburdened with the heavy sickness of his hear.”
Cumulative
“I wish I may; I wish I might.”
Anaphora
“Where there is smoke, there is fire,”
Parallelism
This is the beginning of the end.
Paradox
“So many places, so little time.”
Anaphora
“No pain, no gain,”
Parallelism
If I know one thing, it’s that I know nothing.
Paradox
I like everything about him: his smile, his laugh, his sense of humor.
Enumeration
“In for a penny, in for a pound,”
Parallelism