| Conduplicatio (con-do-plih-CAT-eeoh): Figure of repetition in which the key word or words in one phrase, clause, or sentence is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases; repetition of a key word over successive phrases or clauses. Note: Compare with anadiplosis |
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"This afternoon, in this
room, I testified before the Office of Independent Council and the Grand
Jury. I answered their questions truthfully, including
questions about my private life -- questions no
American citizen would ever want to answer." -- William Jefferson Clinton |
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"Drugs don't just
destroy their victims; they destroy entire families,
schools, and communities."
-- Elizabeth Dole, 1999 San Diego Stump Speech |
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"I could list the
problems which cause people to feel cynical, problems
which include lack of integrity in government, the feeling that the
individual no longer counts....'"
-- Barbara Jordan, 1976 Democratic National Convention Address |
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"So I ask you tonight to
return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther
King -- yeah, it's true -- but more importantly to say a prayer
for our own country, which all of us love -- a prayer for
understanding and that compassion of which I spoke. We can do well in this
country." -- Robert F. Kennedy, Impromptu remarks on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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"There is no question but
that this nation cannot stand still, because we are in a deadly
competition, a competition not only with the men
in the Kremlin, but the men in Peking. We're ahead in this
competition, as Senator Kennedy, I think, has implied. But when
you're in a race, the only way to stay ahead is to move ahead." -- Richard M. Nixon, Opening Statement, First Debate with John F. Kennedy |
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"And now, I stand before
you, Mr. President -- Commander-in-Chief of the army that freed me, and
tens of thousands of others -- and I am filled with a profound and abiding
gratitude to the American people. Gratitude is
a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the
humanity of the human being." -- Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference |
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