LITERARY TERMS

Fairly thorough listGood US lecture

Anaphora

Look at the examples and see if you can figure out what anaphora means.

Anaphora

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, … We shall never surrender.

- Winston Churchill

Anaphora

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, … We shall never surrender.

- Winston Churchill

Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children…” Elie Wiesel, Night

Anaphora

Repetition at the beginning of a sentence or phrase.

Anaphora

That’s why, if you valued your life, you never chased a ball into Finsterwald’s backyard.That’s why his front steps were the only un-sat-on front steps in town.And why no paperkid would ever deliver there.And why no kid on a snow day would ever shovel that sidewalk, not for a zillion dollars.

Epistrophe

Look at the examples and see if you can figure out what epistrophe means.

Epistrophe

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. 

1 Corinthians 13:11

Epistrophe

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. 

1 Corinthians 13:11

"There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.” Lyndon B. Johnson in "We Shall Overcome"

Epistrophe

Repetition at the end

of a sentence

or phrase.

Turn to a neighbor and quickly tell how anaphora and epistrophe are alike. Then tell how they are different.