I am asked to describe the "syntax" of a book I am reading. I have looked up several definitions of the word and still do not understand what it means.
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What book are you reading? Title and author?
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Look at definition #3 in the link above.
If I had that assignment with Grapes of Wrath, I would write about the alternating of content in each chapter. In the odd numbered chapters, Steinbeck is philosophical; in the even numbered chapters, he tells the story itself.
If I had that assignment with Poe's story "The Oval Portrait," I'd be writing about the story within the frame story (or simply the story within the story).
Structure! Syntax!!
Look at definition #3 in the link above.
If I had that assignment with Grapes of Wrath, I would write about the alternating of content in each chapter. In the odd numbered chapters, Steinbeck is philosophical; in the even numbered chapters, he tells the story itself.
If I had that assignment with Poe's story "The Oval Portrait," I'd be writing about the story within the frame story (or simply the story within the story).
Structure! Syntax!!