Repetition Flashcards
Rewording ideas already mentioned
Restatement
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Anaphora
The repetition of the same word or group at the end of successive clauses, produces strong rhythm
Epistrophe
The repetition of the same word at the end one clause and beginning of the next [the dog ate my homework, homework isn’t fun]
Anadiplosis
Using the same words or phrases
Repetition
Sentence construction which places in close proximity 2 or more equal grammatical constructions
Parallelism
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence
Alliteration
Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
Rhyme
Needless repetition which adds no meaning
Tautology
Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words
Consonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance