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Figures of repetition
Sound/letter repetition
Alliteration - Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words.
Assonance - Repetition of similar vowel sounds.
Consonance - Repetition of final or stressed consonants.
Word repetition
Anadiplosis - Repetition of the last word of a clause/sentence at the beginning of the next. (Last word is same as first word of next sentence/clause.)
Mesodiplosis - Repetition of the same word/s in the middle of successive sentences. (middle is the same in successive sentences)
Beginning/end repetition
Anaphora - Repetition of the same word/group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences or lines. (the start is the same in successive clauses, sentence or lines).
Epistrophe - Repetition of series of lines, phrases, clauses, sentences ending with the same word/s. Opposite of anaphora. (the end is the same in successive clauses, sentence or lines).
Epanalepsis - Repetition at the end of a line, phrase, clause of the word/s that occurred at the start of the same line, phrase or clause. (a line, phrase or clause starts and ends the same).
Meaning changing
Antanaclasis - Repetition of a word, with its meaning changing in the second instance.
Diacope - Repetition of a common name, to designate an individual and to signify the qualities connotated by a name or title.
Word within a sentence repetition
Diaphora - Repetition of a word with one or more in between.
Epizeuxis - Repetition of words with no others in between.
Consistent repetition
Polysyndeton - Many conjunctions used in between clauses.
Tautology - Repetition of the same idea in different words, in a way that is wearisome or unnecessary.
Figures of repetition
Sound/letter repetition
Alliteration - Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words.
Assonance - Repetition of similar vowel sounds.
Consonance - Repetition of final or stressed consonants.
Word repetition
Anadiplosis - Repetition of the last word of a clause/sentence at the beginning of the next. (Last word is same as first word of next sentence/clause.)
Mesodiplosis - Repetition of the same word/s in the middle of successive sentences. (middle is the same in successive sentences)
Beginning/end repetition
Anaphora - Repetition of the same word/group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences or lines. (the start is the same in successive clauses, sentence or lines).
Epistrophe - Repetition of series of lines, phrases, clauses, sentences ending with the same word/s. Opposite of anaphora. (the end is the same in successive clauses, sentence or lines).
Epanalepsis - Repetition at the end of a line, phrase, clause of the word/s that occurred at the start of the same line, phrase or clause. (a line, phrase or clause starts and ends the same).
Meaning changing
Antanaclasis - Repetition of a word, with its meaning changing in the second instance.
Diacope - Repetition of a common name, to designate an individual and to signify the qualities connotated by a name or title.
Word within a sentence repetition
Diaphora - Repetition of a word with one or more in between.
Epizeuxis - Repetition of words with no others in between.
Consistent repetition
Polysyndeton - Many conjunctions used in between clauses.
Tautology - Repetition of the same idea in different words, in a way that is wearisome or unnecessary.
