Repetition Terms- AP Lang Flashcards
Epistrophe
Repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive clauses phrases or sentences
Anaphora
The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
Symploce
Combination of anaphora and epistrophe, repeating the first and last word in successive clauses, sentences, or phrases
Anadiplosis
repetition of the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next
Conduplicatio
repetition of a key word from a preceding clause, phrase or sentence at the beginning of the next
Epanalepsis
repetition of the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end
Epizeuxis
repetition of one word for empasis
Amplification
repetition of a word or expression while adding more detail to it
Diacope
Repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word
Antimetabole
Reversing the order of repeated words or phrases
Parataxis
writing successive independent clauses with coordinating conjunctions or not conjunctions
Hypotaxis
Using subordinating clauses to show the relationship between clauses or phrases
Zuegma
A grammatically correct linkage of two or more parts of speech by another part of speech