Syntax is the way which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses).
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| 7482951081 | Anadiplosis | repetition of words in which the last word or phrase of one sentence or line is repeated at the beginning of the next, ("Reward me not unkindly; think of kindness, Kindness becommeth those of high regard" Bartholomew Griffin's Fidessa) | 0 | |
| 7482951082 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at beginning of verses, clauses, paragraphs (I was pregnant with poverty, pregnant with dirt, pregnant with smells, pregnant with cold) |  | 1 |
| 7482951538 | Anastrophe | inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence ("midnight dreary" Poe) |  | 2 |
| 7482952573 | Antecedent | word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 3 | |
| 7482953631 | Antimetabole | repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order ("One should eat to live, not live to eat." Moliere) |  | 4 |
| 7482955902 | Antithesis | involves a direct comparison of structurally parallel word groupings, generally from the purpose of contrast. (Man proposes, God disposes.) | 5 | |
| 7482955903 | Asyndeton | deliberate omission of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words (I came, I saw, I conquered) | 6 | |
| 7482957522 | Balanced Sentence | phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness or structure, meaning, or length. Often seems to draw parallels in meaning or as contrasts. ("The memory of authors is kept alive by their works; but the memory of Johnson keeps many of his works alive." Macaulay) |  | 7 |
| 7482957523 | Chiasmus | two corresponding pairs arranged in inverted order (Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike) | 8 | |
| 7482958074 | Clause | grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent or main one expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent or subordinate one cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied with an independent one. | 9 | |
| 7482959242 | Ellipsis | omission of a word or phrase, while essential to grammatical structure, are easily supplied (my couch had not thorns in it that night.) |  | 10 |
| 7482959827 | Epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of a word or phrase that occurred at its beginning. "Blood hath brought blood, and blows have answer'd blows. Strength match'd with strength, and power confronted power." Shakespeare's King John) | 11 | |
| 7482961181 | Inverted Order | typical sentence elements are reversed (house beautiful; lady fair) | 12 | |
| 7482963198 | Juxtaposition | poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another | 13 | |
| 7482963199 | Loose Sentence | sentence grammatically complete before the end, the opposite of a periodic sentence. (I'm still hungry, although I just ate.) | 14 | |
| 7482964145 | Parallel Structure | repetition of the same grammatical structure; match noun with noun, verb with verb, etc. | 15 | |
| 7482964146 | Periodic Sentence | subject and verb come at the end of the sentence. (Sitting in her lounge chair, sunglasses shielding her eyes, head tilting to the side, her book lying open on her lap, Susan patiently waited.) | 16 | |
| 7482966098 | Polysyndeton | the repetition of conjunctions in a series of words, phrases, or clauses (I had had no communication by letter or message with the outer world: school habits and notions and voices, and preferences, and antipathies) | 17 | |
| 7482966099 | Repetition | words, sounds, and ideas used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis | 18 | |
| 7482966910 | Rhetorical Questions | question that requires no answer |  | 19 |
| 7482968076 | Compound Sentence | two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction or semicolon | 20 | |
| 7482968077 | Complex Sentence | contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses | 21 | |
| 7482969562 | Compound-Complex Sentence | contains two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses | 22 | |
| 7482969563 | Syllepsis | one word is placed in the same grammatical relationship to two other words, each of which is understood differently (We must all hang together or we shall all hang separately) | 23 | |
| 7482970147 | Transition | word or phrase that links different ideas | 24 | |
| 7482979994 | Zeugma | two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is only appropriate to one of them (One or two years ago; To wage war and peace) | 25 |
