What Does Ploce Mean in Literature?

Ploce, the emphatic repetition of a word, with particular reference to its special significance (as in “a wife who was a wife indeed”).

How do you use Ploce in a sentence?

Ploce (pronounced PLO-chay) is a rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or name, often with a different sense, after the intervention of one or more other words.
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Examples
  1. "I am stuck on Band-Aid, and Band-Aid's stuck on me." ...
  2. "I know what's going on. ...
  3. "The future is no place to place your better days."

What is an example of Epanalepsis?

Epanalepsis (eh-puh-nuh-LEAP-siss): Figure of emphasis in which the same word or words both begin(s) and end(s) a phrase, clause, or sentence; beginning and ending a phrase or clause with the same word or words. Example: "Nothing is worse than doing nothing."

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