A speaker returns to one phrase again and again to hammer it home. That device is:
ARepetition
BAssonance
CAllusion
DAnalogy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Repetition
1. The same words come back.
2. Emphasis is the point.
3. It is repetition.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._
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