Asyndeton (UK: /æˈsɪndɪtən, ə-/, US: /əˈsɪndətɒn, ˌeɪ-/; from the Greek: ἀσύνδετον, "unconnected", sometimes called asyndetism) is a literary scheme in...

accompanied by other figures of speech such as antithesis, anaphora, asyndeton, climax, epistrophe, and symploce. Compare the following examples: All...

splice should not be confused, though, with the literary device called asyndeton, in which coordinating conjunctions are purposely omitted for a specific...

yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves! — Shakespeare, Othello 3.3 Asyndeton is the removal of conjunctions like "or", "and", or "but" where it might...

English generally suggests a comma: "I will need bread, cheese, and ham". Asyndeton, coordination without conjunctions Polysyndeton, coordination with many...

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...

with their naked heels." (Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, 1992) Asyndeton, coordination without conjunctions Syndeton, coordination with one conjunction...

side, in which the second defines the first Ellipsis – Omission of words Asyndeton – Omission of conjunctions between related clauses Brachylogia – Omission...

use the same letters. By mixing the letters a bit of humor is created. Asyndeton When sentences do not use conjunctions (e.g., and, or, nor) to separate...

waw-consecutive verb forms, and in using particles like אשר and כי rather than asyndeton. Biblical Hebrew from after the Babylonian exile in 587 BCE is known as...

stichomythia, and in nine memorable words deploys both anaphora and asyndeton: "to die: to sleep— / To sleep, perchance to dream". In contrast, when...

Parallel syntax is often used in conjunction with antithesis, anaphora, asyndeton, climax, epistrophe and symploce. Parallel structure Usage of the same...

(detós, désis), δέμα (déma), δεσμός (desmós), δέσμα (désma) arthrodesis, asyndeton, desmid, desmitis, desmoid, desmoplasia, desmosome, diadem, plasmodesma...

splice should not be confused, though, with the literary device called asyndeton, in which coordinating conjunctions are purposely omitted for a specific...

sounds: "Smooth move!" or "Please leave!" or "That's the fact Jack!" Asyndeton: omission of conjunctions between related clauses. Chiasmus: two or more...

speech is full of rhetorical devices, such as antithesis, anacoluthon, asyndeton, anastrophe, hyperbaton, and others; most famously the rapid succession...

in length and lacks "poetic and rhetorical adornment." Parataxis and asyndeton are also expected within the plain style. Writing or speech using aphelia...

simple style, without syntactical flourishes, and makes frequent use of asyndeton, where related thoughts are placed next to one another without conjunctions...

assonance astrophic (of one or more stanzas) Having no particular pattern. asyndeton The omission of conjunctions between successive clauses. An example is...

(detós, désis), δέμα (déma), δεσμός (desmós), δέσμα (désma) arthrodesis, asyndeton, desmid, desmitis, desmoid, desmoplasia, desmosome, diadem, plasmodesma...

numerous occurrences of coordinate structures that lack a coordinator (asyndeton), however. One might therefore argue instead that coordinate structures...

places key words for good effect and he employs linguistic devices such as asyndeton, familiar in common speech. He was capable of arresting imagery and memorable...

Medieval rhetorical era. Assonance – words that repeat the same vowel sound. Asyndeton – the deliberate omission of conjunctions that would normally be used...

systematically removes all except one of them, the point the speaker is arguing. Asyndeton is the presentation of concise clauses connected without conjunctions...

analysis, and selective omission of details. The use of such devices as asyndeton, anaphora, and chiasmus reflect preference for the old-fashioned Latin...

tendency to juxtapose contrasting descriptions of deities, and the use of asyndeton. It is largely accepted in modern scholarship that the Orphic Hymns were...

style is mostly nominal and where the lyrical discourse proceeds for asyndeton the speed of the rhythm creates breathtaking poetic-narrative sequences...

rhetoric of all the characters, using anaphora, as the king does, but also asyndeton and highly developed metaphors, while at the same time managing to be...

35. 1983. "The Use of the Intersentence Conjunctions De, Oun, Kai, and Asyndeton in the Gospel of John". Novum Testamentum. 26. 1984. "Reforming Ontology...

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2016, ISBN 978-1-107-13225-2. Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature. Cambridge University Press...