Repeated use of a lexical item for a rhetoric purpose such as emphasis, praise or criticism.
Read more about Repetition at The Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric
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Text | Explanation | Rhetorical Impact Score | Source | Genre |
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| 1 | يقضي | Repetition with تقضي in the previous clause, gives a sense of smoothness which correlates with setting the relaxed tone. | 1 | حديث القرية Village Talk |
Short Story |
| 2 | السرور | The repetition of سرور emphasises the joy that is being experienced. | 1 | حديث القرية Village Talk |
Short Story |
| 3 | أنصاف عرايا كآبائهم | Repeats and reinforces the half-nakedness of the men from earlier, to illustrate that apart from the women, everyone else is half-naked. | 1 | حديث القرية Village Talk |
Short Story |
| 4 | سجِّلْ! | Repetition of the starting word. Although this is technically also an instance of "The Interrogative", it's pragmatic effect here comes through repetition rather than as a new interrogative. | 1 | سجل أنا عربي Write Down : I'm an Arab! |
Modern Poetry |
| 5 | أنا عربي | Repetition from line 2, for emphasis. | 1 | سجل أنا عربي Write Down : I'm an Arab! |
Modern Poetry |
| 6 | أطفالي ثمانيةٌ | Repetition for emphasis, from the 4th line. It also signals a transition to the next line. | 1 | سجل أنا عربي Write Down : I'm an Arab! |
Modern Poetry |
| 7 | هل تغضب؟ | A repetition of the هل تغضب from before. The repetition is used to mark the internal divisions in the structure of the poem. | 1 | سجل أنا عربي Write Down : I'm an Arab! |
Modern Poetry |
| 8 | فازت وزيرة الخارجية البريطانية ليز تراس بزعامة حزب المحافظين الحاكم | This is a repetition of the title, which helps cement the understanding. | 1 | فوز ليز تراس بزعامة حزب المحافظين ورئاسة الحكومة في بريطانيا Liz Truss wins leadership of the Conservative Party and becomes Prime Minister of Britain |
News |