What rhetorical figure is characterized by the deliberate omission of conjunctions between successive clauses or words?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Asyndeton
- Step 1: Asyndeton derives from the Greek for 'unconnected' and omits coordinating conjunctions between syntactic units. It creates rapid pace, emotional intensity, or emphatic dramatic conciseness in classical and modern prose. Answer: Asyndeton. Why not the others: "Polysyndeton structural" uses repeated conjunctions in close succession to slow the rhythmic tempo; "Chiasmus inversion phrase" reverses the syntactic order of corresponding words in parallel phrases; "Anaphora repetitions" repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive clauses.
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