Entertainment / Literature / Symploce: Repeating words at both the beginning and the ending of a phrase. In St. Paul's letters, he seeks symploce to reinforce in the reader the fact that his opponents are no better than he is: Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they of the seed of Abraham? So am I (2 Cor. 11:22-23). Contrast with anadiplosis. Symploce is an example of a rhetorical scheme.
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