1. A break in grammatical construction within a sentence, where the structure shifts unexpectedly and the sentence does not follow a consistent syntactic pattern.
Usage: plural of anacoluthon; literary and grammatical term; often used in rhetoric and stylistic analysis

Examples

• The speaker's anacoluthons made the speech difficult to follow, as sentences often shifted direction mid-way.
• In his poetry, the author deliberately uses anacoluthons to create a sense of fragmentation and urgency.
• The student's essay contained several anacoluthons that confused the reader about the intended meaning.
• Anacoluthons appear frequently in stream-of-consciousness writing, reflecting the natural flow of thought.
• The editor marked the anacoluthons in the manuscript as errors requiring correction.
• Some writers employ anacoluthons as a stylistic device to convey emotional intensity or confusion.