syntax terminology

Question 1

anadiplosis

Answer 1

A word or phrase said at the end of one sentence that is repeated at the beginning of the next sentence.

Question 2

anaphora

Answer 2

the repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 3

appositional clause

Answer 3

a clause with two nouns placed next to eachother

Question 4

asyndetic list

Answer 4

a list with no co-ordinating conjunctions such as ‘and’.

Question 5

chiasmus

Answer 5

when words/concepts are repeated in reverse order (like reverse parallelism)

Question 6

clauses

Answer 6

a group of words that contain a verb

Question 7

complex sentence

Answer 7

a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent/
subordinate clause

Question 8

compound sentence

Answer 8

a sentence with more than one subject/predicate OR 2 main clauses joined by a conjunction

Question 9

conditional clause

Answer 9

a type of adverbial that states a hypothesis or condition

Question 10

epanalepsis

Answer 10

the beginning of a clause/sentence is repeated at the end of that same clause/sentence

Question 11

epiphora

Answer 11

the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

Question 12

exclamative

Answer 12

a word or sentence that denotes an exclamation (!)

Question 13

hyperbaton

Answer 13

a figure of speech in which the order of words in a sentence/line are rearranged

Question 14

hypophora

Answer 14

speaker/writer poses a question and then answers the question

Question 15

imperative

Answer 15

a command (tells someone what to do)

Question 16

interrogative

Answer 16

a phrase or form of punctuation used to ask a question (?)

Question 17

inverted syntax

Answer 17

a change in the pattern of words in the formation of a sentence

Question 18

main clause

Answer 18

a clause that can form a complete sentence standing on its own

Question 19

minor sentence

Answer 19

a small/one word sentence

Question 20

mitigated declarative

Answer 20

a declarative which is uncertain and features a qualifier/mitigator

Question 21

multiclausal sentence

Answer 21

a sentence which contains multiple subordinate clauses

Question 22

parenthesis/paranthetical break

Answer 22

an explanation/afterthought, often denoted using brackets or a dash

Question 23

polysyndetic list

Answer 23

a list with more than one coordinating conjunction

Question 24

relative clause

Answer 24

a clause that has a subject and verb, but cannot stand alone as a sentencere