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| The term anadiplosis is a Greek word which means “to reduplicate”. It refers to the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. |
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| Repetition of words at the start of clauses or verses |
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| Repetition of word s or phrases in opposite sense |
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| Repetition of words broken by some other words |
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| Repetition of same words at the end and start of a sentence |
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| Repetition of a phrase (usually a question) to stress a point |
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| Repetition of the same word at the end of each clause |
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| A construction in poetry where the last word of one clause becomes the first of the next and so on |
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| Negative-Positive Restatement |
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| Repetition of an idea first in negative terms and then in positive terms |
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| Repetition of words of the same root with different endings |
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| It is a combination of anaphora and epiphora in which repetition is both at the end and at the beginning |
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The conversational strategy of forestalling further discussion by repeating the same phrase or sentence over and over.
Depending on the circumstances, the broken-record response may be a negative politeness strategy or a comparatively tactful way of avoiding an argument or a power struggle. |
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| The use of two successive copular verbs (most often, but not exclusively, repetition of the linking verb is) when only one is needed. The double copula is also known as "ISIS," "double-is," and the "reduplicative copula." |
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| Speech that repeats, in whole or in part, what has just been said by another speaker. |
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| Repetition of an idea several times in different words |
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Repetition of a word for emphasis (usually with no words in between).
This device appears often in song lyrics, as in these opening lines from Ani DiFranco's "Back, Back, Back":
Back back back in the back of your mind
are you learning an angry language, |
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| A phrase coined by Henry W. Fowler in The King's English (1906) and used again in Modern English Usage (1926) to refer to the excessive use of synonyms to mean a single thing. |
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A fear of using a word more than once in a single sentence or paragraph.
The term monologophobia was coined by New York Times editor Theodore M. Bernstein in The Careful Writer, 1965. |
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| In composition, the practice of adding needless or repetitive information to sentences and paragraphs--often for the purpose of meeting a minimum word count. Phrasal verb: pad out. Also called filler. |
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| A phenomenon whereby the uninterrupted repetition of a word eventually leads to a sense that the word has lost its meaning. |
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A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or name, often with a different sense, after the intervention of one or more other words.
Ploce may also refer to (1) repetition of the same word under different forms (also known as polyptoton), (2) repetition of a proper name, or (3) any repetition of a word or phrase broken up by other words (also known as diacope). |
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"Moore's sentence imposed the maximum 24-month sentence under federal sentencing guidelines."
("Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Paula Deen Extortion Bid." Savannah Morning News, September 17, 2013) |
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| repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses; ex- Japan invaded Manchukuo- without warning. Italy invaded Ethiopia- without warning. |
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| the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural (John Henry Newman: "And to set forth the right standard, and to train according to it, and to help forward all students towards it according to their various capacities, this I conceive to be the business of a University.") |
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| use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
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| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants; eg. "A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid." (Matthew 5:14b) |
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| the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of a word, e.g., east, west, best, test, trust, burst |
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