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Epitasis

March 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Epitasis (e-pit’-a-sis): The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. A kind of amplification. Opposite of anesis.

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

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