| Figure Name | epiphoza |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("epiphoza; or, epistrophe in argument") |
| Earliest Source | |
| Synonyms | epistrophe in argument |
| Etymology | Ep-i-pho-za from Gr. epi meaning "upon" and pherein to "bear" or "bring," hence in a bad sense to "attack" or "assault" |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Phonological Syntactic |
| Definition |
1. The Repetition of the same Word or Words at the end of successive Sentences: used in Argument... Epiphoza is the figure of Epistrophe, when used rhetorically in attack or in strong argument. (Bullinger, 263) |
| Example |
1. "Are they Hebrew? so am I; |
| Kind Of | Repetition Symmetry Series Addition |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | epistrophe, epanadiplosis |
| Notes | |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |