Repetition – TNPSC
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                                                                          Diacope: Repetition of words broken by some
                    Repetition                                             other words.
                                                                          Epanalepsis: Repetition of same words at the
Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same                      end and start of a sentence.
words or phrases a few times to make an idea                              Epimone: Repetition of a phrase (usually a
clearer. There are several types of repetitions                            question) to stress a point.
commonly used in both prose and poetry.                                   Epiphora: Repetition of the same word at the
                                                                           end of each clause.
As a rhetorical device, it could be a word, a phrase                      Gradatio: A construction in poetry where the
or a full sentence or a poetical line repeated to                          last word of one clause becomes the first of the
emphasize its significance in the entire text.                             next and so on.
Repetition is not distinguished solely as a figure of                     Negative-Positive Restatement: Repetition of an
speech but more as a rhetorical device.                                    idea first in negative terms and then in positive
                                                                           terms.
                                                                          Polyptoton: Repetition of words of the
Types of Repetition                                                        sameroot with different endings.
                                                                          Symploce: It is a combination ofanaphora and
The following examples of repetition are classified                        epiphora in which repetition is both at the end
according to the different types of repetition used                        and at the beginning.
both in literature and in daily conversations.
      Anadiplosis: Repetition of the last word in a line
       or clause.
      Anaphora: Repetition of words at the start of
       clauses or verses.
      Antistasis: Repetition of word s or phrases in
       opposite sense.
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