anadiplosis

an·a·di·plo·sis  (n-d-plss)

n. pl. an·a·di·plo·ses (-sz)

Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example, He is a man of loyaltyloyalty always firm.

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[Late Latin anadiplsis, from Greek, from anadiploun, to redouble : ana-, ana- + diploun, to double (from diplous, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots).]

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anadiplosis

a device in which an unimportant word or the beginning of a phrase in one sentence is repeated in the following sentence, often with a change or extension of the sense. Cf. epanastrophe.

See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

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anadiplosis - repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next reduplication repetition - the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device