Anaphora, Chiasmus and Epistrophe

What is an anaphora?

• Repetition of a word in a sentence

• Word choice

• The sentence structure

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.)

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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.

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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

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4