USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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What is an anaphora?

(A) ** Repetition of word in a sentence

(B) Word choice

(C) The sentence structure

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -An anaphora is a rhetorical device in which a word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases.

Concept note-2: -Here’s a quick and simple definition: Anaphora is a figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. For example, Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech contains anaphora: “So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Concept note-3: -“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

Concept note-4: -Anaphora (an-NAF-ruh): Figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases; repetition of the initial word(s) over successive phrases or clauses.

Concept note-5: -Anaphora is a figure of speech in which words are replicated at the start of successive clauses, phrases or sentences. For example, Martin Luther King’s renowned speech “I Have a Dream” contains anaphora which is clear through the lines “So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.