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Diacope (/ d aɪ ˈ æ k ə p i / dy-AK-ə-pee) is a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase that is broken up by a single intervening word, or a small number of intervening words. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It derives from a Greek word diakopḗ, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] which means "cut in two".
The close repetition of a word or phrase, separated by a word or words. Forsyth says the line "Bond, James Bond" is memorable only because of diacope, writing,: "So just to recap, one of the greatest lines in the history of cinema is a man saying a name deliberately designed to be dull.
[1] [2] A closely related rhetorical device is diacope, which involves word repetition that is broken up by a single intervening word, or a small number of intervening words. [ 3 ] As a rhetorical device, epizeuxis is utilized to create an emotional appeal, thereby inspiring and motivating the audience.
Epanadiplosis is a figure of repetition affecting syntactic position (the order of words in the sentence). [2] For César Chesneau Dumarsais, the figure appears “when, of two correlative propositions, one begins and the other ends with the same word”, [3] or when, according to Henri Suhamy, [4] only two propositions are involved.
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In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action.