Originally this blog post published June 2016 on the Writers Ink Books website. As Writers Ink Services takes a vacation, we repeat three of the WIB blogs in the summer of 2016. After all, reruns are totally watchable again. Creating Emphasis ~ More than the Subject Position Fun with words? Yes, it's possible. And practical. Especially practicable when we want to create emphasis. Easiest is simple repetition: "And the highwayman came riding--riding--riding / Up to the old inn-door." (Noyes, "The Highwayman") Pick a key word, and it becomes the key element. Be careful, though, for repetition becomes a key gimmick, as we know from reading "The Highwayman": "A red-coat troop came marching--marching--marching". From mid-point on, the repetition is too much. Play with Incremental Repetition: An increment is a small amount. Incremental Repetition is a small change at the next repeat of the word or phrase. Again, from ...
