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What is an example of anaphora?

Repetition at the beginning of successive lines, phrases, or clauses. A famous line beginning with We shall... An exercise in parallelism. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France...

Correct Answer:

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France...

Explanation:

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. In the line “We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,” the phrase “We shall” is repeated at the start of each clause, creating a rhythmic emphasis and unity across the sentences. That concrete, repeated opening is exactly what anaphora looks like in practice, making it a clear example. The other options describe the idea or a related device (like parallelism) but don’t show the actual repeated opening in a single instance, whereas the quoted line does.

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