Although the name “Meena” is repeated three times, this isn’t an example of anaphora because the repetition isn’t used to create rhythm or emphasis. Instead, we have a somewhat awkward paragraph that could be improved by substituting the pronoun she for Meena in the second and third sent...
Anaphora is a rhetorical term for therepetitionof a word or phrase at the beginning of successiveclauses. By building toward aclimax, anaphora can create a strong emotional effect. Consequently, thisfigure of speechis often found inpolemical writingsand passionate oratory, perhaps most famously in ...
"In contemporary linguistics [anaphora] is commonly used to refer to a relation between two linguistic elements, wherein the interpretation of one (called ananaphor) is in some way determined by the interpretation of the other (called an antecedent). Linguistic elements that can be employed as a...
This opening sentence from Charles Dickens’sA Tale of Two Citiesis one of the most famous examples of anaphora in literature. In this case, the repetition of the phrase “it was” provides several examples of contrast. The sentence creates wonder in the reader to find out how these are bot...
Using both anaphora and epistrophe at once creates a third figure of speech called symploce. This proverb provides an example of symploce in action: For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a ...
What is a part of a poem that is repeated? What are the literary devices used in the poem We Wear the Mask? What are examples of personification in the short story The Necklace? What is an example of enjambment in Ozymandias? What are some examples of anaphora in the book Night?
You may have imagined a man in an expensive suit or a woman in designer clothes. You can immediately show a character is wealthy with descriptions of fine clothing. However, you can tell your reader interesting things through a mismatch: A wealthy character might show off their expensive clothi...
This parallelism is therefore also an example of anaphora. He ends the monologue, however, by contrasting all these paradisiacal images with the fact that England has now tarnished its beauty by setting out to conquer other nations. Thus there is parallelism in the entire passage that ends with...
This is an example of anaphora in The Crucible. ''Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul...
Recognize any of these literary device?'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.' – Charles Dickens'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.' The Dickens quote, from the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, is an example of anaphora, while the Peter piper tongue twister mi...