Definition. A conjuntion is the part of speech (or word class) that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. The common conjunctions-- and, but, for, or, nor, yet, and so --join the elements of a coordinate structure. A sentence style that employs many coordinate conjunctions is called polysyndeton.A sentence style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses is called asyndeton.In contrast to coordinating conjunctions, which connect words, phrases, and clauses of equal rank, subordinating conjunctions connect clauses of unequal rank. See Examples and Observations below. sentence style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses is called asyndeton. In contrast to coordinating conjunctions, which connect words, phrases, and clauses of equal rank, subordinating conjunctions connect clauses of unequal rank. See Examples and Observations below.
Distinction without a difference. A distinction without a difference is a type of argument where one word or phrase is preferred to another, but results in no difference to the argument as a whole. It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid.
An a-at the beginning of a word means not or without. Asymmetry means without symmetry -- with no mirror imagery. It is possible to achieve balance without symmetry. In this lesson you will: Learn some of the finer points of symmetry in order to avoid them.Make an asymmetrically balanced composition.symmetry means without symmetry. That by itself has nothing to do with balance. It just means that there are no mirror images in a composition. The term, however, is usually used to describe a kind of balance that does not rely on symmetry: asymmetrical balance.