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There is a name for the literary gimmick where a person uses "and" repeatedly, when enumerating a list, instead of using a comma. For example, "He carried butter and books and chickens and guns and dignity and love"; instead of "He carried butter, books, chickens, guns, dignity, and love."
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I haven't got the name for that, though. I think of little kids talking all breathlessly when I read or write with tons of ands, though...
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I use it occasionally. It tends to draw focus to the list, because it is unusual, so it stands out as being important.
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Incidentally, a good online resource for this stuff is here. I helped with it for a semester while I was doing my M.A., and I still keep it bookmarked for when I need the name of a particular rhetorical device.
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"I think we've all arrived at a very special place. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically..."
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