Lecture
Polysyndeton (also multi-conjunction, from Ancient Greek πολυσύνδετον «polysyndeton») — a stylistic figure consisting in the deliberate multiplication of conjunctions in a sentence, usually to link coordinate elements. By slowing speech down with forced pauses, polysyndeton emphasizes the role of each word, creating a sense of unity in enumeration and heightening the expressiveness of speech.
Before my eyes the ocean moved, and heaved, and roared, and flashed, and faded, and glowed, and receded somewhere into infinity
— V. G. Korolenko
I shall either burst into tears, or cry out, or fall into a faint
— A. P. Chekhov
And the waves crowd together, and rush back,
And come again and beat upon the shore…
— M. Yu. Lermontov. Ballad
But grandson, and great-grandson, and great-great-grandson
Grow within me, while I myself keep growing…
— P. G. Antokolsky
| Figures of Speech | |
|---|---|
| Figures |
Adynaton • Allusion • Amplification • Anadiplosis • Anacoluthon • Anaphora • Antithesis • Antitheton • Apocope • Apostrophe • Attraction • Asyndeton • Hyperbaton • Homeoteleuton • Gradation (Climax, Anticlimax) • Distinctio • Zeugma • Isocolon • Nominativus pendens • Inversion • Correctio • Mesarchia • Polyptoton • Polysyndeton • Oxymoron • Parallelism • Paronomasia • Parcellation • Periphrasis • Pleonasm • Prolepsis • Retardation • Rhetorical question • Rhetorical exclamation • Rhetorical address • Symploce • Solecism • Tautology • Exact repetition • Aposiopesis • Chiasmus • Exergasia • Ellipsis • Emphasis • Epiphora |
| Tropes |
Allegory • Antiphrasis • Asteism • Antonomasia • Hyperbole • Dysphemism • Irony • Pun • Catachresis • Litotes • Meiosis • Metaphor • Metonymy • Personification • Pathos • Periphrasis • Sarcasm • Synecdoche • Simile • Euphemism • Epithet |
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