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Polysyndeton

  • Using conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed.
  • e.g. Mrs. Hurst and her sister … admired her and liked her, and pronounced her to be a sweet girl, and one whom they would not object to know more of.
  • Here Jane Austen uses polysyndeton to evoke a sense of breathless enthusiasm.)