Anaphora/Repetition
What is the definition of repetition?
Using the same words, phrases, sounds, or ideas multiple times to create emphasis and impact.
What is the definition of apostrophe?
When the speaker directly addresses an absent person, an inanimate object, or an abstract idea.
What is the definition of Personification?
When the speaker gives human traits, emotions, or actions to non-human things.
What is the definition of metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
What is the definition of Anecdote?
A brief story about something that happened to the speaker.
What is the anaphora?
The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines.
What is the difference between anaphora and repetition?
Anaphora is strictly the repetition at the beginning of back-to-back clauses, sentences or lines. Repetition is more general, and not necessarily at the beginning of lines or clauses. It's about structure.
What is the name of the person Reagan directly mentions?
General Secretary Gorbachev