USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
the use of the same word or words more than once
A
repetition
B
parallelism
C
understatement
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Repetition is a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech. Writers of all kinds use repetition, but it is particularly popular in oration and spoken word, where a listener’s attention might be more limited.

Detailed explanation-2: -In rhetoric, epizeuxis is the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence, for vehemence or emphasis. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Epizeuxis or palilogia is the repetition of a single word or phrase, with no other words in between.

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