The Great Thing about Teaching Writing at a Catholic school...

Every now and then, I get to write something fun, too!

Anadiplosis is a scheme in writing in which the last word or phrase in one clause becomes the first word or phrase in the next clause ... and so on and so forth.

Here is one from St. Paul (color-coded so you can see what I mean):

"For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
And those whom he predestined he also called;
and those whom he called he also justified;
and those whom he justified he also glorified" (Rom 8:29-30).

In Greek (you don't need to know the language to see the parallels, but if you do, feel free to geek out a bit):

ὅτι οὓς προέγνω, καὶ προώρισεν συμμόρφους τῆς εἰκόνος τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πρωτότοκον ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς·
οὓς δὲ προώρισεν, τούτους καὶ ἐκάλεσεν·
καὶ οὓς ἐκάλεσεν, τούτους καὶ ἐδικαίωσεν·
and οὓς δὲ ἐδικαίωσεν, τούτους καὶ ἐδόξασεν.

To write one, just think of one thing in a sequence that leads to another. You may like Yoda's better ("Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering"), but here is a sample, by me.

Again I have color-coded it for you in case you want to try at home.

From Fiat to Scepter
The joy of her fiat awaits the sorrows of Calvary,
the sorrows of Calvary merit the triumph of Easter,
the triumph of Easter precedes the glory of Ascension,
the glory of Ascension acquires the scepter of Queenship.