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Ellipsis - is the deliberate omission of one or more elements in a s-ce: - creates a quick tempo,

- conveys the mood of the ch-re or narrator

Aposiopesis is a breaking off in speech, leaving the s-ce unfinished, incomplete: - conveys a great tension. - may express attitude to what is said - often creates implication

Asyndeton is the connection of s-ces, phrases or w-ds without any conjunctions.

Ex. People sang. People cried. People fought...

Functions:

- helps to make each phrase sound independant and significant

- creates an effect that the enumeration is not completed

- creates a certain rhythmical effect, measured and energetic, retardation

- may give a rise to dynamic tension

- increases emotional colouring

Parenthesis – an explanatory or qualifying s-ce, phrase or w-d. it is usually marked off by brackets, commas or dashes (And he stirred it with his pain (in vain)).

- creates the atmosphere of intimacy, to involve the reader into the act

- makes the speech emotionally coloured, to show the author’s attitude

- creates a humurous effect

Polysyndeton – is the connection of s-ces, phrases or w-ds with any conjunctions.

Ex Red shirts and green shirts and yellow shirts.

Functions:

- creates an atmosphere of bustling activitie (and)

- serves either to stress iqual importance or dif-ce (or)

Inversion : - singles out some important parts

- gives emotional tension

- creates specific melody

- makes the narrative dynamic

- may contribute to a humorous effect

Rhetorical questions: - creates irony

- conveys emotional colouring

Parralel constructions –- emphatic f’: helps to stress the common m-ng in PC, and thus, helps understanding

through analogy

- enlarges the effect of styl. device used

- effects the rhithmical organization of the utterance and is used in oratory, in pothetic

or emphatic elements.

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