CC2: Repetition With Varied Phrasing

A rhetorical technique in which a single idea is reinforced by repeating it through two or more lexical items with different wording but similar or complementary meaning.

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 Text Explanation Rhetorical Impact Score Source Genre
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1 أنصاف عرايا كآبائهم، قذرون كأمهاتهم، يرتعون مع الماعز والفراخ في تلك العراجين، وفوق أكوام التراب، أو حول البركة الآسنة المحاورة. The author uses multiple ways of describing the condition of the children. All the descriptions are without a connecting و to make the imagery more intense for the reader. 2 حديث القرية
Village Talk		 Short Story
2 تاسعهُم.. سيأتي بعدَ صيفْ This strengthens the idea of the previous line through repetition of the idea of the poet's large family. 1 سجل أنا عربي
Write Down : I'm an Arab!		 Modern Poetry
3 رفاقِ The mention of the poet's colleagues reinforces the idea from before that his is part of the Arab nation, and not standing alone. 1 سجل أنا عربي
Write Down : I'm an Arab!		 Modern Poetry
4 بلاطِ أعتابكْ This is a different way of saying من بابك which was mentioned immediately before this, thus reinforcing the poet's point. 1 سجل أنا عربي
Write Down : I'm an Arab!		 Modern Poetry