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Word of the Day – Epanadiplosis

By August 4, 2015Word of the Day

Epanadiplosis (n)

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A figure of speech where the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.

I’d always wondered if this type of sentence had a name, now I know.

Example sentence

““Blow winds and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!” is an example of epanadiplosis from Shakespeare’s King Lear.”

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