C2

Marked Syntax and Rhetorical Structures

Natatanging Palaugnayan at Retorika

About this concept

Non-standard word orders and rhetorical devices for emphasis: topicalization, fronting, clefting, and poetic inversions used in oratory, literature, and persuasive speech.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

Ikaw, ikaw ang dahilan ng lahat ng ito!You, you are the reason for all of this! (emphatic)
Sa iyong mga mata ko natagpuan ang katotohanan.In your eyes I found the truth. (literary fronting)
Hindi ang pera kundi ang pagmamahal ang mahalaga.Not money but love is what is important. (contrastive)

Prerequisite

Complex Clause EmbeddingC1

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