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polysyndeton: a standalone construct

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polysyndeton1 CONSTRUCTPolysyndetonLANHAM · RHETORIC

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Rhetoric

the use of a conjunction between each word, phrase or clause, the reverse of asyndeton.

In rhetoric, polysyndeton refers to the use of a conjunction between each word, phrase or clause, the reverse of asyndeton. This meaning comes from Lanham (1991) in A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms.[1]

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antimetabole1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructperiphrasis1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructasyndeton1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Lanham, R. A. (1991). A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520912045

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