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Analysis Of Asyndeton By Steven Church

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Steven Church uses repetition, asyndetons, as well as a chronological order to simulate the traumatic experience the aunt had to go through as well as gain an emotional connection to the audience. Church first uses the repetition of certain words to present the readers with the line of reasoning behind a thought that was mentioned as well as build suspense as the essay commences. The first demonstration of this was when Church repeats the words “Not” (Church 3). Beginning many of his simple sentences with “not” leads to the rising intensity of the essay, Steven Church then pairs this with phrases that they may of heard in the past such as “not salvation”(Church 3) which establishes reasoning to why his aunt may have not believed or taken what she heard on the radio seriously. Yet another example of repetition of “not” being used to amplify suspense and intensity of the essay is when the author writes “Not yet”and “Not tonight”(Church 3). This builds suspense in the form of anxiety because we know that something will happen, possibly soon, but just not yet. The powerful use of these rhetorical devices goes to emphasize what Churches aunt Judy was feeling during the 30 minutes leading up to the tornado. …show more content…

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