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Oct 12, 2023 ... Polysyndeton is a rhetorical device that involves the repeated use of conjunctions (such as "and," "or," "but") in close succession within a sentence, clause, ... Jan 13, 2021 ... I am not familiar with the speech referred to, but am familiar with many figures of speech and how they are designed to be used in order to ... Jul 7, 2024 ... You can find a lot of polysyndeton in the writing of David Foster Wallace as one of his stylistic quirks. Upvote 5. Downvote Reply reply noun poly· syn· de· ton ˌpä-lē-ˈsin-də-ˌtän : repetition of conjunctions in close succession (as in we have ships and men and money) The earliest known use of the noun polysyndeton is in the Old English period (pre-1150). polysyndeton is a borrowing from Latin. polysyndeton (Iliad 2.497, with repeated τε … τε … in a list of names in catalogue style). 35 See Trevett 1996. 36 Usher 1990 151. Page 11. aristotle ... Both asyndeton and polysyndeton are departures from normal grammatical usage. They are figures of speech that God uses in His Word to place emphasis on ... Polysyndeton is a rhetorical device that consists of the repetition of conjunctions, such as 'and,' 'or,' or 'but,' in successive phrases or clauses. the act of missing out conjunctions between words or parts of a sentence. The phrase "I came, I saw, I conquered" is a popular example of asyndeton. For example, “Beg, borrow, steal—in fact, do anything you can to get to the game” is an example of asyndeton, whereas “beg, or borrow, or steal, or, in fact, do ...