Anadiplosis

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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.

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

References

• Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.

See Also

• Figure of Speech
• Epanalepsises:Anadiplosis

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