Repetition (rhetorical device)
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| + | * '''Repetition''' is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech. | ||
| - | In [[rhetoric]], a '''tautology''' is an unnecessary or unessential (and sometimes unintentional) repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing twice (often originally from different languages). It is often regarded as a fault of [[stylistics (linguistics)|style]] and was defined by [[Fowler's Modern English Usage|Fowler]] as "saying the same thing twice." It is not apparently necessary or essential for the entire meaning of a phrase to be repeated. If a part of the meaning is repeated in such a way that it appears as unintentional, clumsy, or lacking in dexterity, then it may be described as tautology. On the other hand, a [[Repetition (rhetorical device)|repetition of meaning]] which improves the style of a piece of speech or writing is not necessarily described as tautology because it improves the style of a piece of speech or writing. | + | :"Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked<BR> |
| - | + | to one another that a ''disaster'' for one is a ''disaster'' for everybody."<BR> | |
| - | A [[rhetorical]] tautology can also be defined as a series of statements that comprise an argument, whereby the statements are constructed in such a way that the truth of the propositions is guaranteed or that the truth of the propositions cannot be disputed by defining a term in terms of another self referentially. Consequently, the statement conveys no useful information regardless of its length or complexity making it [[unfalsifiable]]. It is a way of formulating a description such that it masquerades as an explanation when the real reason for the phenomena cannot be independently derived. A [[rhetorical]] tautology should not be confused with a [[tautology (logic)|tautology]] in propositional logic, since the inherent meanings and subsequent conclusions in rhetorical and logical tautologies are very different. | + | --(Natalia Ginzburg, The Little Virtues, 1962) |
| + | * '''[[Epizeuxis]]''' or '''palilogia''' is the repetition of a single word, with no other words in between. This is from the Greek words, "Fastening Together" | ||
| + | : "Words, words, words." ([[Hamlet]]) | ||
| + | * '''Conduplicatio''' is the repetition of a word in various places throughout a paragraph. | ||
| + | : "And the world said, disarm, disclose, or face serious consequences ... and therefore, we worked with the world, we worked to make sure that Saddam Hussein heard the message of the world." ([[George W. Bush]]) | ||
| + | * '''[[Anadiplosis]]''' is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence. | ||
| + | : "This, it seemed to him, was the end, the end of a world as he had known it..." ([[James Oliver Curwood]]) | ||
| + | * '''[[Anaphora]]''' is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every clause. Comes from the Greek phrase, "Carrying up or Back". | ||
| + | : "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender." ([[Winston Churchill]]) | ||
| + | * '''[[Epistrophe]]''' is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of every clause. | ||
| + | : "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us." ([[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]) | ||
| + | * '''Mesodiplosis''' is the repetition of a word or phrase at the middle of every clause. | ||
| + | : "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed..." ([[Second Epistle to the Corinthians]]) | ||
| + | * '''Diaphora''' is the repetition of a name, first to signify the person or persons it describes, then to signify its meaning. | ||
| + | : "For your gods are not gods but man-made idols." (''The Passion of [[Saints Sergius and Bacchus]]'') | ||
| + | * '''[[Epanalepsis]]''' is the repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end. | ||
| + | : "The king is dead, long live the king." | ||
| + | * '''[[Diacope]]''' is a [[rhetoric]]al term meaning uninterrupted repetition of a word, or repetition with only one or two words between each repeated phrase. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[English language]] | + | *[[Ploce (figure of speech)]] |
| - | * [[English usage]] | + | *[[Tautophrase]] |
| - | * [[Figure of speech]] | + | |
| - | * [[Fowler's Modern English Usage]] | + | |
| - | * [[Grammar]] | + | |
| - | * [[Hyperbole]] | + | |
| - | * [[Language]] | + | |
| - | * [[Law of identity]] | + | |
| - | * [[List of tautological place names]] | + | |
| - | * [[No true Scotsman]] | + | |
| - | * [[Oxymoron]] | + | |
| - | * [[Pleonasm]] | + | |
| - | * [[Redundancy (language)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Rhetoric]] | + | |
| - | * [[Vacuous truth]] | + | |
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- Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech.
- "Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked
to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody."
--(Natalia Ginzburg, The Little Virtues, 1962)
- Epizeuxis or palilogia is the repetition of a single word, with no other words in between. This is from the Greek words, "Fastening Together"
- "Words, words, words." (Hamlet)
- Conduplicatio is the repetition of a word in various places throughout a paragraph.
- "And the world said, disarm, disclose, or face serious consequences ... and therefore, we worked with the world, we worked to make sure that Saddam Hussein heard the message of the world." (George W. Bush)
- Anadiplosis is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.
- "This, it seemed to him, was the end, the end of a world as he had known it..." (James Oliver Curwood)
- Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every clause. Comes from the Greek phrase, "Carrying up or Back".
- "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender." (Winston Churchill)
- Epistrophe is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of every clause.
- "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- Mesodiplosis is the repetition of a word or phrase at the middle of every clause.
- "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed..." (Second Epistle to the Corinthians)
- Diaphora is the repetition of a name, first to signify the person or persons it describes, then to signify its meaning.
- "For your gods are not gods but man-made idols." (The Passion of Saints Sergius and Bacchus)
- Epanalepsis is the repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end.
- "The king is dead, long live the king."
- Diacope is a rhetorical term meaning uninterrupted repetition of a word, or repetition with only one or two words between each repeated phrase.
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