Repetition

… a core concept in Communication Skills and Atlas 109

Concept description

LiteraryDevices.net defines repetition as “a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer” and lists 11 different types of repetition (see http://literarydevices.net/repetition/, accessed 22 January 2016).

Repetition is a classic rhetorical technique and there are innumerable sources of advice on when and how to use it in speeches and presentations.

Sources

The Accidental Communicator, The Power Of Using Repetition And Triggers In Your Next Speech, at http://theaccidentalcommunicator.com/create/the-power-of-using-repetition-and-triggers-in-your-next-speech, accessed 22 January 2016.

Boundless.com, Repetition and Parallelism, at https://www.boundless.com/communications/textbooks/boundless-communications-textbook/wording-the-speech-11/deploying-style-effectively-60/repetition-and-parallelism-240-4182/, accessed 22 January 2016.

Andrew Dlugan, Parallelism 101: Add Clarity and Balance to Your Speeches, at http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/parallelism/, accessed 22 January 2016.

VirtualSpeechCoach.com, The Echo Technique in Presentations, at http://www.virtualspeechcoach.com/tag/repetition-in-speeches/, accessed 22 January 2016.

Source

Normed topic and synthetic course with which the concept is primarily associated

This concept is primarily associated with the core normed topic Practices of Persuasion and is included in the synthetic course outline Atlas109 Leadership and Communication Skills.

Page created by: Ian Clark, last modified on 4 August 2022.

Image: John W Richardson, Personal Success Today, at http://personalsuccesstoday.com/adding-contrast-to-your-speech/, accessed 22 January 2016.