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Asyndeton (UK: /æˈsɪndɪtən, ə-/, US: /əˈsɪndətɒn, ˌeɪ-/; from the Gr****: ἀσύνδετον, "unconnected",
sometimes called asyndetism) is a
literary scheme in...
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accompanied by
other figures of
speech such as antithesis, anaphora,
asyndeton, climax, epistrophe, and symploce.
Compare the
following examples: All...
- yet doubts; suspects, yet
strongly loves! — Shakespeare, Ot****o 3.3
Asyndeton is the
removal of
conjunctions like "or", "and", or "but"
where it might...
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splice should not be confused, though, with the
literary device called asyndeton, in
which coordinating conjunctions are
purposely omitted for a specific...
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hardly qualify as news in a newspaper." (Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987)
Asyndeton,
coordination without conjunctions Syndeton,
coordination with one conjunction...
- Alternatively, "I came, I saw, I conquered" can be
justified as an
example of
asyndeton,
where the lack of the
expected conjunction emphasizes the suddenness...
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English generally suggests a comma: "I will need bread, cheese, and ham".
Asyndeton,
coordination without conjunctions Polysyndeton,
coordination with many...
- side, in
which the
second defines the
first Ellipsis –
Omission of
words Asyndeton –
Omission of
conjunctions between related clauses Brachylogia – Omission...
- (detós, désis), δέμα (déma), δεσμός (desmós), δέσμα (désma) arthrodesis,
asyndeton, desmid, desmitis, desmoid, desmoplasia, desmosome, diadem, plasmodesma...
- stichomythia, and in nine
memorable words deploys both
anaphora and
asyndeton: "to die: to sleep— / To sleep,
perchance to dream". In contrast, when...
