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definition: the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the BEGINNING of a sentence or paragraph and its successive verses
Another video example ;)
Anaphora Formula
[Desired word/phrase here] _______________, [Repeat word/phrase] ______________, [Repeat word/phrase] __________... and so on
My (bad) example:
Here we go, learning about rhetorical devices. Here we go, trying to pay attention in our 8am and listen to Cynthia go on and on about anaphoras.
--this adds drama, so if you want drama in your paper, anaphora is for you!
--not really for a research paper, maybe for persuasive, narrative, or descriptive
--could definitely be used in speeches though
-i.e: I Have a Dream speech
-"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice..."
The Beatles' Help!--
Help, I need somebody
Help, not just anybody
Help, you know I need someone
Aladdin's A Whole New World--
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here, it's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities--
"It was the best of times,
It was the worst of times.
It was the age of wisdom,
It was the age of foolishness..."
Britney Spears' Oops, I Did it Again--
Oops, I did it again. I played with your heart, got lost in the game.
Oops, you think I'm in love. That I'm sent from above, I'm not that innocent
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1620640
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
Synecdoche in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Definition: A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole or vice versa.
"The police are after me!" - Criminal. In reality only a few police officers are in pursuit.
"I got paper" - Every rapper ever in reference to money.
“The western wave was all a-flame.
The day was well was nigh done!
Almost upon the western wave
Rested the broad bright Sun”
The western wave represents the entire pacific ocean in this synecdoche, an example in literature of a sydecdoche.
Definition: The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.
A Painfully Obvious Example
I'm on a boat
I'm on a boat
Everybody look at me 'cuz I'm sailing on a boat
I'm on a boat
I'm on a boat
Take a good hard look at the boat
"A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight!"
"With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day."
-MLK (The king of repetition)