What is this literary device called?

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When we use a conjunction such as "but" or "yet" to dramatically interrupt the rhythm of a sentence.

What's this literary device called?

An example would be beneficial to the question, yet remains unwritten therein. — IconDaemon, Feb 04 '18 at 20:53
Possible duplicate of What is the role of "but" in this context? — Edwin Ashworth, Feb 04 '18 at 23:21
Perhaps rhetorical devices is the area here: contrast. There are others that might fit, as well. — Lambie, Feb 05 '18 at 16:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '18 at 21:01

This is called the Oppositional/Contrastive relationship:

One way to look at the oppositional or contrastive relationship is as the opposite of the additive relationship. In other words, the speaker, having mentioned one thing, wants to go on to talk about something else which contrasts with and is often in opposition to the first thing. Conjunctions and the Oppositional or Contrastitive Relationship

The following conjunctions are used to express the oppositional/contrastive relationship:

but

although

even

though

though

whereas

while

either . . . or

From: Rochester Institute of Technology - SEA

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '18 at 01:55

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I've just found out that it's called "disjunction"

answered Feb 10 '18 at 01:55

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How about a link to where you found that? – KarlG Feb 10 '18 at 02:03

What is this literary device called?

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