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Which sentence contains a polysyndeton?

"I wandered down the packed hallways of my
grandfather's library."
"Perhaps he'd collected them on his travels to Italy or
Canada or Prague or Vietnam or Egypt or Iran."
"The volumes seemed to invite me to come closer."
"There I found books sorted by color, arranged from
smallest to largest, glimmering in the light."

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Answer: B

Explanation:

Polysyndeton uses the conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or yet, and so to achieve an effect

Other Examples of a Polysyndeton:

The concert hall had a high ceiling and huge chandeliers and velvet-covered seats and echoing acoustics and gold everywhere.

The soprano sang a variety of songs about beauty or pain or heartache or love or triumph.

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Answer:

The second option

Explanation:A polysyndeton is the repetition of conjunctions close together. The conjunction "or" is repeated frequently in the sentence.

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