1. Analysis of Sentence Structure
Syntax Notes
Analysis of Sentence Structure

2. When analyzing syntax, look for:
Sentence length
Telegraphic: shorter than 5 words
Short: 5-10 words
Medium: words
Long: 30 words or more
Sentence beginnings
Is there a good variety, or does a pattern emerge?

3. When analyzing syntax, look for:
Word order
Are words in a specific order for a purpose or added effect?
Arrangement of Ideas
Are ideas in a specific order for a purpose or added effect?

4. Syntactical Terms

5. Restatement Definition: Repeating an idea in a variety of ways
Purpose:
To reinforce an idea
Example:
“We will never give up; we will never surrender, we will never be defeated.”

6. Repetition Definition: Repeating an idea using the same words Purpose:
To create a memorable, powerful effect and reinforce an idea.
Example:
“We will never give up; we will never surrender, we will never be defeated.”

7. Parallelism Definition:
Repetition of a grammatical structure or an arrangement of words
Purpose:
To create rhythm and make words more memorable

8. Bad Example (not parallel):
She revels in chocolate, walking under the moonlight, and songs from the 1930s jazz period.
Good parallelism:
She revels in sweet chocolate eclairs, long moonlit walks, and classic jazz music.
"sweet chocolate eclairs,"
[Adjective--Adjective--Object]
"long moonlit walks,"
"and classic jazz music."

9. Rhetorical Question Definition:
Asking a question whose answer is self-evident
Purpose:
To provoke the reader to respond or to think
To lead a reader to the next idea
Example:
"Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do 'practice'?“ (George Carlin)

10. Rhetorical Practice
Independence Day Speech

12. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.

13. Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today
Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests.

14. Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.

15. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

16. Syntax Practice: Gettysburg Address
Complete in your groups.