Synonym: iteration, rehearsal. See tautology. Origin: L. Repetitio: cf. Repetition.

Why is it important? Personification connects readers with the object that is personified. Personification can make descriptions of non-human entities more vivid, or can help readers understand, sympathize with, or react emotionally to non-human characters.

What is another word for repetition?

Synonyms of repetition

• duplication,
• iteration,
• redo,
• reduplication,
• reiteration,
• renewal,
• repeat,
• replay,

1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the world. 2 : characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary : commonplace the mundane concerns of day-to-day life.

Repeating an experiment more than once helps determine if the data was a fluke, or represents the normal case. It helps guard against jumping to conclusions without enough evidence.

the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation. repeated utterance; reiteration. something made by or resulting from repeating.

the fact that repeated presentation of information or items typically leads to better memory for the material. The repetition effect is a general principle of learning, although there are exceptions and modifiers. For instance, spaced repetitions are usually more effective than massed repetitions.

When the repetition is a whole statement, there is a risk of making the reader feel s/he is being told the same thing twice. This kind of bad repetition is hence more a grammar mistake than a content one (see 170.

Repetition in our everyday lives is interesting because while it has mundane and perhaps negative connotations repeated activity gives many people a sense of safety and stability. Many people will never break free from these things as it could disturb and throw their sense of well being out of kilter.

Tony Robbins