2006-09-04 09:51:23 · 4 answers · asked by Eddie R 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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This entry is about the rhetorical term. For other uses of the word, see Anaphora (disambiguation).
In rhetoric, anaphora (from the Greek ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences or verses to emphasize an image or a concept.
Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!
— (William Shakespeare, King John, II, i)
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.
— (Winston Churchill)
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer! (One people, one empire, one leader!)
— (Adolf Hitler)
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
— (William Blake, from The Tyger)
2006-09-04 09:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anaphora Sentence Examples
2016-12-26 12:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two possible definitions:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=anaphora
One appears a lot in political speeches, where a phrase is used repetitively - the link above has an example from Winston Churchill. If you want others you can probably google for famous political quotes
Here's an example from Kennedy that uses it isn a couple of places:
"We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. "
The other deifnition is simply using a word (such as "it") to describe a previously mentioned thing. Such as:
"He was looking for the wrence. It seemed to be hidden."
Hope this helps!
2006-09-04 10:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by Shofix 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"She didn't speak. She didn't stand. She didn't even look up when we came in" is an example of anaphora.
2006-09-04 11:00:04 · answer #4 · answered by bestfriendsforever248953 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋