POLYSYNDETON

What is polysyndeton

• Lots of conjunctions

PURPOSE

• Speed up or slow down
• Express emotion

EXAMPLEs

• Frank likes cookies and pizza and brownies
• We're gonna go bowling and skating and running

VIDEO

• http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/asyndeton-polysyndeton
• skip to 2:05

Assesment

• Think of a situation where you would use polysyndeton

CHANGE THESE TO THE CORRECT FORM OF POLYSYNDETON

• We could eat, sleep, or play
• We could eat, sleep, and play
• We can't eat, sleep, nor play