Syntax -- Schemes of Omission

Question 1

Asyndeton

Answer 1

Omission of conjunctions between w/p/c often resulting in a hurried rhythm or vehement effect, also known as brachiologia.

Question 2

Asyndeton Example

Answer 2

Heaped upon the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, great joints of heat, suckling pigs, sausages, mince pies, plum pudding, barrels of oysters, red hot chestnuts, juicy oranges, luscious pears, and seething bowls of punch.

Question 3

Ellipsis

Answer 3

Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context.

Question 4

Ellipsis Example

Answer 4

The master’s degree is awarded by 74 departments and the PHD by 60
Rape is the sexual sin of the mob, adultery of the bourgeoisie and incest of the aristocracy.

Question 5

Paralipsis

Answer 5

Emphasizing a point by seeming to pass over it also known as apophasis

Question 6

Paralipsis example

Answer 6

Mary matlin the bush campagins political director said at a past briefing. The larger is that clinton is evasive and slick we have never said to the press that he is a philandering pot smoking draft dodger. Theres nothing nefarious or sibliminal going on.