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Polysyndeton (from
Ancient Gr**** πολύ poly "many" and συνδετόν
syndeton "bound
together with") is the
deliberate insertion of
conjunctions into a sentence...
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Asyndeton may be
contrasted with
syndeton (syndetic coordination) and
polysyndeton,
which describe the use of one or
multiple coordinating conjunctions...
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Conjunctions such as "and" are
habitually used in
place of commas; a use
polysyndeton that
conveys immediacy. Hemingway's
polysyndetonic sentence—or in later...
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other than what they
ordinarily signify. An
example of a
scheme is a
polysyndeton: the
repetition of a
conjunction before every element in a list, whereas...
- unhappy, wretched,
hateful day! — Shakespeare,
Romeo and
Juliet 4.4
Polysyndeton is the use of more
conjunctions than
strictly needed. This
device is...
- bread, cheese, and ham". Asyndeton,
coordination without conjunctions Polysyndeton,
coordination with many
conjunctions "syndeton -
definition and examples...
- we are." John F. Kennedy,
Inaugural Address,
January 20, 1961.
Polysyndeton Polysyndeton is the use of
several conjunctions in
close succession. This provides...
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Figure of
speech Rhetoric Hypozeuxis Antanaclasis Anaphora Pun
Syndeton Polysyndeton Tom
Swifty Liddell, H. G. & al. A Gr****-English Lexicon. "ζεῦγμα". ****us...
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conjunctions Genitive connector Logical conjunction Logical disjunction Polysyndeton Relativizer Serial comma – the
comma used
immediately before a coordinating...
- particular,
historian Sonia Rose de
Fuggle analyzes Díaz's over-reliance on
polysyndeton (which
mimics the
sentence structure of many
Biblical stories) as well...
