By Richard Nordquist. Definition: A rhetorical term for the repetition of words or phrases at both the beginning and end of successive clauses or verses: a combination of anaphora and epiphora (or epistrophe). See Examples and Observations, below. Also see: 1  Effective Rhetorical Strategies of Repetition. 2  Epimone. 3  Gradatio. 4  Top 20 Figures of Speech.
At any given moment, roughly 5,000 planes are in the skies above the United States. In one year, controllers handle an average of 64 million takeoffs and landings. For every one flight you see listed on an airport monitor, two you don't see show up on air traffic controllers' screens.
By the Numbers: How Americans Spend Their Money. Last year, Americans spent $10.7 trillion shopping. With that much dough, you could buy over 2000 aircraft carriers, 300 private islands, and still have money left over for a latte. Hereâs a taste of the things we boughtâand how much we spent on them. Beer: $96 billionâenough to make 199,937,239 barrels!