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Literary notes about Reiterate (AI summary)

In literature, the word reiterate is often deployed as a tool for emphasizing and reaffirming a previously stated idea. Its use ranges from the delicate restatement of heartfelt ideas to the structured echoing of formal arguments. At times, a writer reiterates a claim to ensure clarity or to infuse a sense of urgency into the narrative ([1], [2]), while in other contexts it reveals a character’s constrained expression or mounting frustration, underscoring the dramatic stakes of the moment ([3]). In both narrative and discursive forms, this repetition invites readers to reconsider the weight of prior assertions, enhancing the text’s overall persuasive and emotional impact ([4]).
  1. It will be well to reiterate the statement with which the first chapter began.
    — from Introduction to the scientific study of education by Charles Hubbard Judd
  2. I reiterate it all with the most emphatic and tender entreaties from the depth of my heart.
    — from Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint
  3. How hard it was to reiterate firmly, “I am going.”
    — from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
  4. My opinion is confirmed, and I reiterate my advice.”
    — from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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