Anaphora

What is anaphora?

• repetition of a phrase at the end of clauses or sentences
• a repetition of a phrase in the middle of clauses or sentences
• repetition of a phrase at the beginning of clauses or sentences
• no repetition in the sentence or clause

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

When can anaphora NOT be used?

• in poetry
• in technical writing
• in prose
• in advertisements

What is the function of an anaphora

• Adds rhyme to the passage making it more pleasurable to read and easier to remember 
• it puts emphasis on the passage
• it persuades, inspires, motivates and encourages readers
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which phrase(s) is (are) examples of anaphora in the following passage? 
Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world 

• let us fight
• to do away with
• a world
• "let us fight" and "to do away with"

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Which phrase is an example of anaphora in the following passage?
We look in toward the Milky Way, in toward the system of Sol, in toward the planet Earth, in toward the nation of China, and, finally, in toward a lonely hut on a lonely hill

• we look
• in toward
• planet Earth
• the Milky Way

Which word is an example of anaphora in the following passage?
Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved.

• Every
• man
• woman
• child

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

An anaphora is a word or phrase which is constantly repeated anywhere throughout a sentence or paragraph

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which phrases are examples of anaphora in the following passage? 
"I could have danced all night
I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more
I could have spread my wings
And done a thousand things
I've never done before."
My Fair Lady 'I Could Have Danced all Night'

• danced all night
• and done
• my wings
• i could have

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Is this an example of an anaphora?
The girl must run, run, run

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Is this an example of an anaphora?
"What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
The Tyger (By William Blake)

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1