Repetition (rhetorical device)
Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words, with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis, within a short space of words. It is a multilinguistic written or spoken device, frequently used in English and several other languages, such as Hindi and Chinese, and so rarely termed a figure of speech, making it a multilinguistic written or spoken device. Repetition in some cases is seen as undesirable.
Its forms, many of which are listed below, have varying resonances to listing, as a matter of trite logic often similar in effect.
Types
Antimetabole is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order. Tautology is superfluous and simple repetition of the same sense in different words.Antanaclasis is the repetition of a word or phrase to effect a different meaning.Epizeuxis or palilogia is the repetition of a single word or phrase, with no other words in between. This is derived from Greek for "fastening together".Conduplicatio is the repetition of a word in various places throughout a paragraph.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.Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every clause. It comes from the Greek phrase "carrying up or back".Epistrophe is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of every clause.Mesodiplosis is the repetition of a word or phrase at the middle of every clause.Diaphora is the repetition of a name, first to signify the person or persons it describes, then to signify its meaning. In modern English it has become the standard form of syntax in the example of the personal possessive pronouns given below.Epanalepsis is the repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end.Diacope is repetition of a word or phrase with one or two words between each repeated phrase.Polyptoton is the repetition of a word derived from the same root in different grammatical forms. In inflected languages, this commonly refers to the repetition of a single word in different grammatical cases.Avoidance of repetition
H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler adopted the term "elegant variation" in The King's English referring to the use of synonyms to avoid repetition or to add variety. In their meaning of the term, they focus particularly on instances when the word being avoided is a noun or its pronoun. Pronouns are themselves variations intended to avoid awkward repetition, and variations are so often not necessary, that they should be used only when needed. The Fowlers recommend that "variations should take place only when there is some awkwardness, such as ambiguity or noticeable monotony, in the word avoided".Avoidance of "useless repetitions" was one of the aims of the Catholic Church when the liturgy was revised by the Second Vatican Council.