In PWRs - a different LWR system - control rods are withdrawn from the core, and the control is acheived with soluble B-10 in the coolant (which is buffered with LiOH) to maintain a pH above 6.9 or perhaps closer to 7.1 - 7.4 for purposes of minimizing the accumulation of crud (metal corrosion products) on the fuel.
Rhetorical patterns have an additional function of helping writers to organize information in ways their readers can understand easily (425). Another term for these patterns is topoi (commonplaces). Many of these topoi are useful in numerous situations.
Repetition is a major rhetorical strategy for producing emphasis, clarity, amplification, or emotional effect. Within the history of rhetoric terms have been developed to name both general and very specific sorts of repetition. General terms for Repetition.