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Antanaclasis

January 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Antanaclasis (an’-ta-na-cla’-sis): The repetition of a word or phrase whose meaning changes in the second instance.

When your yacht  leaked, you bailed it out. When your business failed, you bailed out. 

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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).

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