Anaphora Practice

What is an anaphora?

• Repetition of a word in a sentence

• Word choice

• The sentence structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An example of anaphora is option ____________.

• She told him yesterday

  I'll tell him today

  he will be reminded of this.

  He should not forget.

• I told him yesterday

  I told him today

  I told him many times

  I'll remind him tomorrow

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When I was a child

I spoke as a child

I understood as a child

I thought as a child

I identify the Anaphora

• boy

• female

• male

• child

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What would be the reason to use an Anaphora?

• To keep the reader interested

• To emphasise that word

• To make the speech stand out

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Chiasmus?

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Does the quote “Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind” - JFK, have any examples of chiasmus?

• Yes

• No

• Indifferent

• I don't know

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What are the purposes of Chiasmus?

• Helps give the writing structure and poetic form

• Confuse the reader or audience

• Emphasizes a specific quote or idea

• Makes writing or speech more memorable

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. 'Socrates (fifth century B.C.)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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 rider the message was lost

For want of a message the battle was lost.

For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Figure of speech where author/speaker addresses an object, person or idea that is not present.

• Allegory
• Apostrophe
• Aphorism
• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4