Anadiplosis is a rhetorical figure of speech that means to "double back" and repeat a word or phrase that appears at the end of sentence or clause at the beginning of the next sentence or clause. Rhetoric (from Greek ρήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is the art or technique of persuasion, usually through the use of language. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Stylistic device. ...

Examples

• Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. —Francis Bacon
• "Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard. Sub-standard performance is not permitted to exist.'" —Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny.
• " Having power makes [totalitarian leadership] isolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." —Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism
• "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." —Yoda, Star Wars
• "The frog was a prince / The prince was a brick / The brick was an egg / The egg was a bird" —Supper's Ready by Genesis

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist but is best known for leading the scientific revolution with his new observation and experimentation theory which is the way science has been conducted ever since. ... Herman Wouk (May 27, 1915 —) is a bestselling American author with a number of notable novels to his credit, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. ... The Caine Mutiny, a 1954 movie directed by Edward Dmytryk, and based on Herman Wouks Pulitzer Prize-winning (1951), best-selling novel and subsequent stage hit (The Caine Mutiny Court Martial), provided Humphrey Bogart with the next-to-last great role of his acting career and a spectacular comeback... Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski (born March 28, 1928, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish-American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman. ... Jedi Master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz) is a character from Star Wars fictional universe, who appears in all of the franchises films except for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the revamped original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Suppers Ready is a song by the band Genesis. ... Genesis is a Grammy Award winning English progressive rock band formed in 1967. ...

Other uses

The word was also used in archaic medicine, for a reduplication of the fits, or paroxysms of fevers, in which sense, some writers also called it epanadiplosis. Paroxysm can have several meanings. ... An epanadiplosis is a figure of speech where the sentence begins and ends with the same word. ...

References

• Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
• This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.

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See also

• Figure of speech
• Epanalepsis
• Audio illustrations of anadiplosis