Where Does the Word Symploce Come from?

It derives from the Greek word, meaning "interweaving".

What is the purpose of Symploce?

Symploce highlights the contrast between different options or possibilities. It adds a sense of balance that neither anaphora nor epistrophe can do alone. The speaker's words have rhythm and cadence.

Why do authors use Symploce?

Symploce is a rhetorical term for the repetition of words or phrases at both the beginning and end of successive clauses or verses: a combination of anaphora and epiphora (or epistrophe). ... "Symploce is useful for highlighting the contrast between correct and incorrect claims," says Ward Farnsworth.

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