Anadiplosis & Anacoluthon

Anadiplosis

repetition of one or several words; specifically repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next

Effects of anacoluthon

-pauses or abrupt phrases -express excited or distraught emotion -realistic dialogue

Effects of Anadiplosis

-sense of urgency -dramatizes effect - noticeable pattern

Yoda's anadiplosis example

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering

Debbie's anacoluthon example

My parents-- Sharon and Dave. Generous, doting... or were they? All I ever wanted was a ballerina Barbie in her pretty pink tutu --My birthday-- I was and do you know what they got me? Malibu Barbie. Malibu Barbie. That's not what I wanted. That's not who I was. I was a ballerina-- graceful, delicate. They had to go.

Hamlet's anacoluthon example

That flesh is heir to... ... To die, to sleep- To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub...

Edgar Allan Poe's anadiplosis example

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as if some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door

Anacoluthon

a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another