Ploce is a rhetorical device involving the repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis or extended meaning.
Plóce es una figura retórica que consiste en la repetición de una palabra o frase para énfasis o significado extendido.
| Front | ploce \PLO-see\ |
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| Back | noun The repetition of a word or phrase for rhetorical emphasis or for extended meaning. [From Latin ploce, from Greek ploke (plaiting), from plekein (to plait).] "Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death?" - William Blake "Make war upon themselves - brother to brother / Blood to blood, self against self." - Shakespeare |
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