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1 Pol-y-syn-de-ton noun. The deliberate use of many conjunctions.

2 The use of polysyndeton in writing is to force the reader to stop and reflect on the statement and it puts a specific emphasis on the words that are connected by the conjunctions and it is a technique to add voice to prose and poetry and when reading polysyndeton, one may feel almost breathless, as the author intended you to feel. And, or, but, so, yet, for, nor Examples of Conjunctions

3 “I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I'll rush around this world I insist is holy and pull at everyone's lapel and make them confess to me and to all.” -Jack Kerouac

4 “And all the dance halls will be full of skeletons that are coming back to life, and on a grassy hill the lion will lay down with the lamb, and I won't ever be lonely again.” -Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes I Won’t Ever be Happy Again

5 "...the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other's names." -The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald


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