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Epizeuxis

Techniques > Use of language > Figures of speech > Epizeuxis

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Description

Epizeuxis is the repetition of a word with increasing vehemence.

Example

No! No!! NO!!! NO!!!!

Oh, my son, my son, what will you do, my son??

I am lost, lost, lost unto the darkening seas.

Discussion

Repetition is a form of emphasis, which coupled with added emotion in the voice makes epizeuxis a very powerful, though simple form of expressing something very vehemently.

Classification: Amplification, Repetition