#repetition the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
supertype: #rhetorical_device a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
subtype: #anadiplosis__anadiplosi repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
subtype: #epanalepsis repetition after intervening words
subtype: #epanodos repetition or recapitulation in reverse order
subtype: #epiphora__epistrophe repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
subtype: #gemination doubling of a word or words
subtype: #ploce repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
subtype: #polyptoton repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"
subtype: #epanaphora__anaphora repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses
subtype: #anaphora using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word
subtype: #symploce repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
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