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'''Antanaclasis''' is the [[rhetoric]]al device of repeating a given word, but assigning it multiple meanings. As a play on homonyms, it is also a form of [[pun]], and is often used to comic or witty effect. | '''Antanaclasis''' is the [[rhetoric]]al device of repeating a given word, but assigning it multiple meanings. As a play on homonyms, it is also a form of [[pun]], and is often used to comic or witty effect. | ||
| − | + | ==Examples of Antanaclasis== | |
*"We must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately." --[[Benjamin Franklin]] | *"We must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately." --[[Benjamin Franklin]] | ||
*"Put out the light, and then put out the light." (''Othello'' 5.2.7) --[[William Shakespeare]] | *"Put out the light, and then put out the light." (''Othello'' 5.2.7) --[[William Shakespeare]] | ||
[[Category:Terms]] | [[Category:Terms]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:46, July 13, 2016
Antanaclasis is the rhetorical device of repeating a given word, but assigning it multiple meanings. As a play on homonyms, it is also a form of pun, and is often used to comic or witty effect.
Examples of Antanaclasis
- "We must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately." --Benjamin Franklin
- "Put out the light, and then put out the light." (Othello 5.2.7) --William Shakespeare