Literary device: Repetition Mini class

What is the Repetition?

• It repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• It could be a word, a phrase, or a full sentence, or a poetical line repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text.

Which one is the correct example of the Repetition?

• The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light.

• “The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”

• The president said, “Work, work, and work,” are the keys to success.

Type of Repetition: Polyptoton

What is it mean?

• Repetition of the last word in a line or clause.

• Repetition of words of the same root, with different endings.

• Repetition of a phrase (usually a question) to stress a point.

• Repetition of words broken by some other words.

What the effect of the repetition in this poem:

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.”

• It makes the poem catchy and easy to remember.

• _{To highlight the theme of being a poet having proper scholarly attitude.}

• It gives rhythm to the poem, and lays emphasis on this idea of doing many things before dying.

• It makes the speech very powerful and memorable.

Repetition of the last word/phrase in one clause at the beginning of the following clause

• Anadiplosis
• Inversion
• Juxtaposition
• Paradox

The act or instance of repeating is this literary device

• Simile

• Imagery

• Repetition

• Satire

"If I were young. If I were strong. If I were loved. If I were wrong." The "ifs" are an example of...

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A word or line repeated to evoke an emotion or contain rhythm

• Repitition
• Repetion
• Repetition
• Repiteteion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Assonance is ...

• the repetition of vowel sounds / letters
• the repetition of consonant sounds / letters
• none of these
• repetition of a line

What word best goes in the blank?

_______________ is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times.

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Consonance

• Caesura