Anadiplosis

Word ANADIPLOSIS
Character 11
Hyphenation an a di plo sis
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Definitions and meanings of "Anadiplosis"

What do we mean by anadiplosis?

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 loyalty—loyalty always firm. noun

A figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting in the repetition at the beginning of a line or clause of the last word or words preceding, as in the following examples: noun

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea.” noun

A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase used at the end of a sentence or clause is repeated near the beginning of the next sentence or clause. noun

Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next noun

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The word "anadiplosis" in example sentences

One discovers numerous examples in which De Luca uses such rhetorical devices as anadiplosis or the repetition of a word at the end of a clause or at the beginning of another; anaphora or the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses; or anastrophe which is the inversion of the usual word order within a sentence. ❋ Mark Axelrod (2012)

Note: Can you spot the anaphora and the anadiplosis? ❋ Unknown (2010)

In an anadiplosis one repeats a word near the end of one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next. ❋ Unknown (2005)

For instance, here's an anadiplosis from Shakespeare's Richard II: ❋ Unknown (2005)

This figure is known to the rhetoricians as anadiplosis, or the beginning of a phrase with the final words of the previous phrase; it is also ploce, the insistent repetition of a word within the same line or phrase. ❋ Bevington, David (2002)

And some of the tricks which the boy-poet has caught are interesting and abode with him, such as the _anadiplosis_ -- ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

The sudden introduction of the interrogative clause in this line is an example of the figure of speech called anadiplosis. ❋ John Milton (1641)

In so doing, I have left out anadiplosis, the ` use of the last word in one clause to begin another. ' ❋ Unknown (1985)

n. - an abrupt shift in midsentence in syntax to another construction adj. - jovial, festive and amatory anadiplosis ❋ Unknown (2008)

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