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Polysyndeton AsyndetonSet 1

1Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt. (book 1, 3-4) What figure out speech is in these lines

2I came, I saw, I conquered.

3A lack of conjunctions between words, phrases, sentences

4Which rhetorical device is used to create a sense of urgency or importance by omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses?

5What is the effect of using polysyndeton in a sentence?

6When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions. Normally a conjunction is only used before the last item in a list. Slows down the pace of writing or add an authoritative tone.

7Which of these is an example of ASYNDENTON?

8What is the rhetorical technique called when conjunctions are omitted between words, phrases, or clauses?

9In addition to anaphora and parallelism, the following sentence uses which of the following rhetorical devices: "Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed."

10The omission of conjunctions in a series of words or phrases.

11Identify the Rhetorical Device:Over, over, the waves rolled around; the boat along with the waves; the lighthouse peering at it every rotation, intrigued ..... then, not intrigued enough to act.

12In 1.5, lines 8-9, there is: Persuadent Rauracis et Tulingis et Latobrigis finitimis,

13Which literary device is used in the following quote:" ..... we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty"

14The omission of conjunctions

15Omitting conjunctions in a list

16Analyze the following sentence and determine which rhetorical device is used: "She danced, twirled, leaped across the stage."

17A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose. Julius Caesar, "I came, I saw, I conquered."

18What is an example of "asyndeton"?

19What rhetorical device is being used?"We will fight, and conquer, and liberate, and rule, and rise, because we are Spartans, and we're strong and mighty!"

20Given the sentence: "He ran and he jumped and he shouted," what is the effect of using polysyndeton here?

21Analyze the following sentence and identify the rhetorical choice used: "She ran, jumped, laughed, and played."

22What is the repetition of conjunctions called in rhetorical devices?

23The omission of connecting words such as and

24SPOT THE DEVICE: "I wore a sweater, and a hat, and a scarf, and a pair of boots, and mittens."