| Probably the most common type, however, is syllepsis, where a word is understood differently in relation to two or more other words which it modifies or governs. |
| The upmating of the persons, called in Greek syllepsis, touches the use of the personal pronouns. |
| The latter include specific accounts of the five figures of construction: antithesis, synthesis, prolepsis, syllepsis, and zeugma. |
| More complex instances of authorial disruptions might be labeled narratological syllepses. |
