📌 Epanodos
Definition:
Epanodos is a rhetorical or literary device in which a writer or speaker repeats the same idea or words in reverse order within a sentence or passage. It is often used for emphasis, clarification, or stylistic balance. It can resemble chiasmus, but it is usually more explanatory or elaborative rather than purely artistic.
✅ Example:
- “We live to learn, and we learn to live.”
- “She has all my love; my love belongs to her alone.”
Both examples show how the second part revisits or restates the first idea, often with a reversal or rephrasing.
And there it is! Now go ahead and use epanodos in your CXC prep/CSEC prep.
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