Ace the CSET English Subtest 1 in 2026 – Unleash Your Literary Prowess!

Repetition of a word at the end of successive sentences is epistrophe. It emphasizes the repeated word and creates a unifying, rhythmic finish across the statements. For example: “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” Each clause ends with the same word, tying the sentences together. This is different from anaphora, which repeats a word at the beginning of successive clauses, and from alliteration, which repeats initial sounds rather than the same word at sentence endings. Hyperbole is exaggeration for effect, not about repeating endings. So the described pattern matches epistrophe.