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  2. Repetition compulsion - Wikipedia

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    Repetition compulsion is the unconscious tendency of a person to repeat a traumatic event or its circumstances. This may take the form of symbolically or literally re-enacting the event, or putting oneself in situations where the event is likely to occur again.

  3. Repetition (rhetorical device) - Wikipedia

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    Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words (including in a poem), with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis.It is a multilinguistic written or spoken device, frequently used in English and several other languages, such as Hindi and Chinese, and so rarely termed a figure of speech.

  4. List of English-language metaphors - Wikipedia

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    A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".

  5. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    (For example: Claim 1: People are mortal. Claim 2: Bob is a person. Therefore, Claim 3: Bob is mortal.) Coined by Aristotle. Symbol – a visual or metaphorical representation of an idea or concept. Symploce – a figure of speech in which several successive clauses have the same first and last words. Synchysis – word order confusion within a ...

  6. Category:Metaphors referring to people - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Metaphors referring to people" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  7. Rat race - Wikipedia

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    The Rat Race was used as a title for a novel written by Jay Franklin in 1947 for Colliers Magazine and first published in book form in 1950. It is dedicated To those few rats in Washington who do not carry brief-cases.

  8. Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. [1] It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are usually meant to create a likeness or an analogy. [2]

  9. Motif (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Any number of narrative elements with symbolic significance can be classified as motifs—whether they are images, spoken or written phrases, structural or stylistic devices, or other elements like sound, physical movement, or visual components in dramatic narratives.