anaphora
Example Sentences
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Mueller’s verbal dryness, amid the juicy statements, florid grandstanding, and indignant anaphora of his questioners, was like the rustling pages of an old book.
From The New Yorker
Mr. Muldoon uses anaphora — the repeated use of the word “every” — to pulverizing effect.
From New York Times
The Hill doesn’t tell us exactly what Miss Clinton said, except that single word “dismantle,” which turns out to have been an anaphora.
In the following two paragraphs Cuomo used anaphora within anaphora, which is tough to pull off.
From Forbes
The copywriters have taken clichés, and added a toxic combination of anaphora and assonance.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
