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Epanados

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The repetition of a word within a passage with shifted or contrasting meanings, creating irony, complexity, or layered interpretation through semantic play.

Detailed Definition
Epanados is a rhetorical figure involving the repetition of words in reverse order (e.g., “love’s fire heats water; water cools fire”), creating chiasmus-like symmetry; in poetry, it emphasizes balance, paradox, or cyclical return through mirrored phrasing.
Example
Example in poetry:
Repetition with reversal: “Eat to live, not live to eat”; “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”; Biblical: “The first shall be last…”; Modern: protest slogans in poetic form
Additional Notes
Return to main argument after digression. Rhetorical reset strategy. Greek term. Helps readers refocus after tangent. Modern use: less formal than classical. Related: apostrophe, digression.
Also Known As
semantic repetition varied meaning
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