Stylistic Devices – Repetition

repeating words or phrases

Words or phrases are repeated throughout the text to emphasise certain facts or ideas.

Examples:

• Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! »I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?« she said aloud. […]
  Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. […] ⁽⁵⁾
   
• America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness. […]
  America, at its best, is also courageous. Our national courage […]
  America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise. […] ⁽²⁾

Changed: 06th Nov 2006 11:32

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