Polysyndeton

Jess Love & Harrison Spain

repitition of conjunctions in close succession
 * Polysendeton**-

“And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had.” (The Bible)
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 * Polysyndeton- "Poly-and-syn-and-deton"**


 * Haley Simon, Ashley Filbeck, Kassi Skaufel, Anusha Gollamudi**


 * Polysyndeton** - repetition of conjunctions in close succession

Poly- means many, so it means many conjunctions.

“Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly–mostly–let them have their whiteness.” (Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)

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