asyndeton
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Professor J. N. Grant points out to me the asyndeton following quaere ... sintne.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg
The asyndeton in this distich is odd, given the preceding series of connectives.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg
According to the manuscripts the preceding line ends with VTAR; I have printed Heinsius' VSVS, since there would otherwise be an asyndeton between utar and aspiciam.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg
Therefore the figure asyndeton, whereby conjunctions are omitted, is highly commended by writers of rhetoric.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
But the asyndeton resulting from the suppression of these words was felt to be intolerable.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Edward Miller
Vocabulary lists containing asyndeton
Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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