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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. | ||
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| + | *"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]] | ||
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Revision as of 20:09, August 4, 2008
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