asyndeton
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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
Professor J. N. Grant points out to me the asyndeton following quaere ... sintne.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
The asyndeton in this distich is odd, given the preceding series of connectives.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
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 Miller, Edward
Such as the play of words in amentium and amantium, verba and verbera; one or two cases of alliteration and asyndeton, e.g.—
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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