ploce
- noun
- /ˈplōs/
- Literature
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ploce
- Macbeth's use of ploce, creating an echo by word repetition, finds a parallel in another figure, synonymia, the iterative use of different words having approximately the same meaning.
Examples
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As some of the previous examples have already shown, many of these separate effects come together within a larger unit of several phrases or clauses to give echoic effects through chiasmus, anaphora, ploce, and other figures within a larger speech structure.
Academic text (1997) -
In her speech, she used ploce to emphasize her key points by repeating important phrases.
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"Theme and irony both seem to echo through the following lines, in which ploce and pronouns play off one another.
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PLOCE: see Zimmerman, "Catalogue" (754-55).
Academic text (1999) -
Themes of doing and deeds that link the dearest partners in greatness are linked in this example by ploce and near alliterative consonance: PREFORMATTED TABLE
Academic text (1997) -
The difference between this device and a stricter definition of ploce, then, is that ploce can involve the repetition of words within the same clause, while conduplicatio shows words repeated in different clauses.
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The difference between this device and a stricter definition of ploce, then, is that ploce can involve the repetition of words within the same clause, while conduplicatio shows words repeated in different clauses.
Academic text (1997) -
Close relatives of anadiplosis include epizeuxis, palilogia, duplicatio (and similar cognates), and ploce.
Fiction book (1996) -
Caputi's essay is valuable, if a little condescending, and the term "refrain," as he uses it, actually refers to several types of rhetorical repetition (such as ploce), not just to inclusio.
Academic text (1999) -
The poet's use of ploce in the line, "The night is dark, and the darkness covers all," adds depth and resonance to the message.
Synonyms
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3.2
Using the same word or phrase to make a point stronger and create a rhythm
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4.9
An action of saying or doing the same thing again to make it clear and show its importance
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ploce comes from the Greek plokē meaning 'weaving'. Think of repeating a word as weaving the same thread through cloth so the idea stands out, and that's why ploce means using a word again to give emphasis.