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Worksheet time: 5mins
What is anaphora?
repetition of a phrase at the end of sentences
repetition of a phrase at the beginning of sentences
repetition of a phrase in the middle of sentences
repetition of a phrase in a direct row
How is anaphora different from epistrophe?
Epistrophe is less compelling
Anaphora is typically more serious
Epistrophe is at the end of sentences
Epistrophe is in the middle of sentences
Which phrases 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 where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness'.
let us fight
to do away with
all men’s happiness
both a and b
What is the definition of Epizeuxis?
The repetition of a word or very short phrase one right after the other
Use of opposites to compare
Antithesis
What is the definition of antanaclasis?
The repetition of a word in a sentence; each time, the word has a different meaning
The repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence
The repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence
The repetition of words at the beginning and the end of the same sentence.
Advanced questions:
A writer may use antanaclasis to be witty or memorable. What is another reason that a writer may choose to use antanaclasis?
To emphasize a word that is important to the overall theme or idea of what is being written
To create a consistent rhythm in the sentence
To confuse the reader
To ask the reader a question
In Benjamin Franklin's quote 'We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately,' what is the definition of the second repetition of the word 'hang?'
To be executed by hanging
To stick together
To hang something from a hook
To go surfing
PART A.
'The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep' - Robert Frost
Identify the repetition
Anaphora
Antanaclasis
Epiphora
Epizeuxis
PART B
What is the emotive effect of the second 'miles to go before I sleep'
No effect, it was random
The writer was falling asleep
To emphasise the 'miles' of life before 'sleep' (death)
Rhythm
'Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony' - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Identify the repetition
Anaphora
Antanaclasis
Epizeuxis
Epiphora
