Asyndeton

Asnydeton A [|rhetorical term] for a writing [|style] that omits [|conjunctions] between words, phrases, or clauses (opposite of //[|polysyndeton]//). Adjective: //asyndetic//.

Simply put, a list of adjectives that describe the subject or the situation.

Example: "Speed up the film, Montag, quick. //Click, Pic, Look, Eye, Now, Flick, Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out, Why, How, Who, What, Where, Eh? Uh! Bang! Smack! Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom!//" (Ray Bradbury, //Fahrenheit 451//, 1953)

EB White Example: During September I kept hoping that some morning, as by magic, all books, pictures, records, chairs, beds, curtains, lamps, china, glass, utensils, keepsakes would drain away from around my feet, like the outgoing tide leaving me standing silent on a bare beach.

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