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The following quotation is an example of which rhetorical device?An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was thick, warm, heavy, sluggish. —Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Zeugma Rhetorical Question Asyndeton Irony

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The following quotation is an example of which rhetorical device?An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was thick, warm, heavy, sluggish. —Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Zeugma Rhetorical Question Asyndeton Irony

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The quotation from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is an example of the rhetorical device called Asyndeton. Asyndeton is a writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words, phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning. In this case, Conrad does not use conjunctions (like 'and' or 'or') between the phrases "An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was thick, warm, heavy, sluggish." This speeds up the rhythm of the text and makes the description more vivid.

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