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Use of polyptoton in Long Way Down??

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(etymologically from the Greek combination ‘poly’ (many) and ‘ptotos’ (falling), or ‘ptosis’ grammatical case), is a stylisticOpens in new window device for the repetition of words with same etymonOpens in new window in a sentence, each time with a different inflectionalOpens in new window ending, so as to add to the sentence a rhetorical effect.

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