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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".
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.
[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.
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.
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.
Poetics Today: International Journal for Theory and Analysis of Literature and Communication is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of poetics. The editors-in-chief are Irene Tucker and Milette Shamir .
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Because the majority are from the United States , the country of origin is only listed for those outside the U.S.
Aposiopesis (/ ˌ æ p ə s aɪ. ə ˈ p iː s ɪ s /; Classical Greek: ἀποσιώπησις, "becoming silent") is a figure of speech wherein a sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished, the ending to be supplied by the imagination, giving an impression of unwillingness or inability to continue. [1]