Anadiplosis

From Greek anadíplōsis, "a doubling back, a folding up," from aná ("again") + diploûn ("to double"), from diploûs ("double, twofold"). The figure literally doubles a word across a seam, folding the end of one clause into the beginning of the next like a link in a chain.

  1. noun · /an-uh-dih-PLOH-sis/

    Repeating the last word of one clause at the start of the next.

    The chained momentum of "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate" — each phrase handing its final word to the next, so the argument seems to advance on its own logic.

    The coach’s anadiplosis stuck with the team: "Practice builds habit, habit builds instinct, instinct wins games."

    Epistrophe repeats the same word at the end of several clauses; anadiplosis takes one clause’s ending and makes it the next clause’s beginning, forming a linked chain instead of a refrain.