Asyndeton

//__Asyndeton __//


 * Definition:: T ** he omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.


 * Origin:: **M id 16th century : modern Latin, from Greek //asundeton//, neuter of //asundetos// 'unconnected'.


 * See also:: **Asyndetic

Definition taken from (oxforddictionaries.com)


 * Examples ** from text

1) An example of asyndeton is used in the story //Book of The Grotesque, Hands //by Sherwood Anderson. Wing Biddlebaum was forced out of his town on claims of "touching" kids in school. He had started a new life as a new person and very ashamed of his hands. WIng Biddlebaum was emotional with his hands, Sherwood describes them as "__slender expressive fingers,forever active, forever__ striving to conceal themselves in his pockets or behind his back, camethe piston rods of his machinery of expression"(Sherwood, 301). There is not a conjunction between "slender expressive fingers, forever active, forever striving..", which makes it an asyndeton.

2) Another example of Asyndeton is used in //Not That I Care// by Molly Reid. In the first paragraph of the story the author is giving an explanation of their neighbor Jim stating "He grabs one of the ducks crossing, Doesn't even look to see if anyone is looking, just scampers out -- hunched over, elbows bent and reaching behind him like he's trying to grow wings or is throwing himself to the asphalt -- then scoops a duck and holds it with both hands close to his chest and runs back into his house" (Reid).

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