| 单词 | epistrophe |
| 释义 | epistrophe (once / 11819311 pages) n When you repeat a word or phrase again and again at the end of a series of sentences, that's epistrophe. You can use epistrophe as a rhetorical device when you give a speech, to emphasize your ideas. Epistrophe works especially well when it's used by public speakers who want to add emphasis and excitement to their speeches. Politicians use epistrophe all the time — one example is President Barack Obama's repetition, at the end of sentence after sentence, of the phrase "Yes, we can." As a literary tool, epistrophe is gives lines a dramatic emphasis and a repetitive rhythm. In Greek, epistrophe means "a turning about," from epi, "about," and strophe, "a turning." WORD FAMILYepistrophe n repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. Syn|Hyper epiphora repetition the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device |
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