Asyndeton
Asyndeton (a-sin-da-ton)— the deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses. Produces a hurried rhythm in the sentence [1].
Asyndeton is a form of verbal compression which consists of the omission of connecting words (usual conjunctions) between clauses. The most widely used form is the omission of 'and', leaving only a sequence of phrases linked by commas [Baldick, 21].
Asyndeton can be defined as the omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses, as in the phrase “I came, I saw, I conquered” [3].
There are different types of asyndeton related to the various parts of a sentence:
1. Deleting Conjunctions Between Words.
2. Deleting Conjunctions Between Phrases.
3. Deleting Conjunctions Between Clauses.
4. Deleting Conjunctions at the Sentence Level [4].
⠀ 1. Retrieved from: Style: Schemes and Tropes [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/598b40dbe6f2e199ff12ecb7/t/598cd5f903596eaa1066255c/1502402042397/Schemes+and+Tropes.pdf].
⠀ 2. Chris Baldick. (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
⠀ 3. Retrieved from: Britannica Online Dictionary [https://www.britannica.com/art/asyndeton].
⠀ 4. Retrieved from: SuperSummary [https://www.supersummary.com/asyndeton/#types-of-asyndeton].