Syntax & Word Order
Hendiadys
One complex idea expressed as two nouns joined by 'and' — sound and fury instead of furious sound. Splitting the idea makes both halves stand equal and gives the phrase a strange doubleness. A Shakespeare favorite.
"the sound and the fury" — Macbeth
Don't confuse it with. Not a mere pair of things: in hendiadys the two nouns secretly name *one* thing.
In the Reader — 2 excerpts
He knew that the moment he allowed himself to feel to its fullness how they lived, the shame and misery of their lives, he would be swept out of himself with fear and despair.
Barrabás came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.
The rest of the family
Hyperbaton Anastrophe Periodic Sentence Cumulative (Loose) Sentence Parataxis Parenthesis Apposition / Appositive Zeugma Pleonasm Enumeration / Accumulatio Passive Voice Cleft Sentence