anaphora

=Anaphora [//uh//-**naf**-er-//uh//]=

A sub type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. MLK used anaphora in his famouns, "I Have a Dream" speech (1963)

Examples of anaphora

 * We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender. Churchill.


 * Scaife, Ross. "A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples." Kentucky Classics. 22, Dec. 2004. 27 Sep 2007 .
 * "Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary." Merriam Webster. 2006. Merriam Webster. 27 Sep 2007 .

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