Summarising section: syntactical intensifters

1. Inversion; complete / partial. The effect achieved: logical / emotive stress.

2. Detachment: the syntactical function of the isolated segment. What punctuation mark is used, what kind of stress is added to the meaning of the segment?

3. Parallelism: complete / partial. Its functions: rhythm-forming / supporting contrast / semantic equality of the parts / emotive intensification.

4. Repetition:

4.1. Lexico-syntactical: anaphora / epiphora / anadiplosis. What element is repeated? What kind of stress is added?

4.2. Lexical: What element is repeated? The function of the device: rhythm-forming / intensification of a feeling / showing monotonous action/continuity of action.

4.3. Synonimical: What meaning is repeated? What meaning / nuance of meaning is added?

5. Enumeration: the basis for the concrete case of enumeration: dependence, cause and result/likeness/dissimilarity/sequence/experience (personal/ social)/proximity.

6. Climax: logical/emotive/quantitative. What feature is stressed?

7. Asyndeton: Function: to show energetic, tense activities/to show a succession of minute actions.

8. Polysyndeton: Functions: to create the atmosphere of bustling activity / to show equal importance of enumerated elements.

9. Aposiopesia: Implications realised by the device: unwillingness to proceed/ uncertainty/implication ('speaking silence') / a warning/a threat/irritation.