Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Anaphora



Anaphora (rhetoric term) : a repeating sequence of words at the beginning of clauses related to one another, giving emphasis ; opposite of epistrophe


example: "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. [. . .]" (Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely)


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