Edexcel GCSE English Literature · 1ET0
Paper 2
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GCSE English Literature · key term
A list whose items are not joined by conjunctions such as ‘and’.
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Paper 2
Component 2
A list whose items are joined without conjunctions such as ‘and’, often creating an accumulating or rapid rhythm.
Revise: Writer's methodsIn Stave One, the narrator describes Scrooge as ‘a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!’ This asyndetic list, without conjunctions between its items, creates a forceful, relentless rhythm. The repeated actions suggest taking and holding rather than giving.
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