For this week (our last Rhetorical Devices week!), please post one example (and context and analysis) of anaphora, one of epistrophe, and one of symploce.
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Anaphora:
Example #1- “I’m sick and tired of you letting me down. I’m sick and tired of you making me mad. And I’m sick and tired of you doing such silly things!”
Context #1- Your fighting with either your friend or partner because they always seem to be making little mistakes every day that you’ve been trying to be nice about but you’ve had enough and yelled at them.
Analysis #1- Through the repetition of “I’m sick and tired,” the phrase has become more emotionally-charged than before.
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Epistrophe:
Example #1- “I’m tired of this job. I’m over this job. I’m done with this job!”
Context #1- you love your job, but sometimes it can be quite tiring and today is one of those day in which your starting to hate your job.
Analysis #1- Repetition of “this job” emphasizes that the job is the cause of the speaker’s frustration.
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Symploce:
Example #1- “In 1984, we introduced the Macintosh. It didn’t just change Apple, it changed the whole computer industry. In 2001, we introduced the first iPod, and it didn’t just change the way we all listened to music, it changed the entire music industry.”
Context #1- Steve Jobs, 9 January 2007
Analysis #1- The speaker’s words have rhythm and cadence. It combines both Anaphora and Epistrophe.
Anaphora
Example: “Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.”
Context & Analysis: This is a quote from Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech “I Have a Dream”. The repetition of ‘Go back to’ to emphasize that by the time they have returned home/ from where they came from. the problem that they are trying to resolve which is equal rights would’ve been solved
Epistrophe
Example: “Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended …
Context & Analysis: from the play Julius Cesar written by William Shakespeare. in the end he repeats the phrase ‘for him I have offended’ to show the importance of this phrase, but to also to ask what he has done wrong.
Symploce
Example: “The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.”
Context & Analysis: quote by G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1908. this quote comes to mean that a madman is made from when he has nothing except his reason, since a person who does not have a reason is a person who truly is mad and will do whatever without thinking.
Anaphora
Ex1:” It was the war that caused this. It was the weapons. It was the military. It was the soldiers. It was the rivals. It was self defense.”
Context/Analysis: I made up this example because I figured war can cause a lot of things and war isn’t just the idea of it it’s also the little things in it. So I explained that by using anaphora by repeating “it was the “.
Epistrophe
Ex:” See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.”
Context/ Analysis : this implies the idea of no interacting in any evil behavior. this is epistrophe because I am repeating no evil at the end.
Symploce
Ex:” Sometimes clouds rain on the ground. Sometimes clouds snow on the ground”
Context/Analysis:The idea is that clouds can do two things to the ground and I showed this by emphasizing / repeating sometimes cloud and on the ground in two sentences.
Anaphora: Hey mom, I cleaned the bathroom, I cleaned my room, and I clean the kitchen last.
Context: This is in the context of a call. I would usually say this when I call my mom before she gets home from work to let her know I did my chores. I describe all that I did or cleaned in the house.
Analysis: This is an example of anaphora because this rhetoric is used when something keeps repeating at the beginning of every addition or statement. Anaphora means repetition. In these sentences I repeat “I cleaned” before every description. I repeat it more than twice to clearly show a pattern of repetition.
Epistrophe: I grew up in this place, I learned in this place, I made friends in this place.
Context: This is in the context of school. Here I describe the place of a school and the setting is describing what school means to me.
Analysis: This is an example of Epistrophe because i’m not repeating the same thing at the beginning of every sentence or statement, I repeat the same thing at the end now. I continue to repeat “this place” at the end of every statement showing this rhetoric. In this sentence “this place” means school.
Symploce: As a team we will work to get strong again, we will work to get healthy again, we will work to win again, and of course as a team we will be the best again.
Context: This is in the context of any team. This is more so of a speech that can be given to teammates. A sentence like this can be used to motivate a team when they are at their lowest point towards success.
Analysis: This is an example of Symploce because I repeat the same thing at the beginning of a statement or sentences, and then a different word at the end. I repeat “we will” at the beginning of every statement before I state what will be worked on. Lastly at the end of every sentence or statement I repeat “again”
Anaphora- I am happy. I am brave. I am determined. I am strong.
Analysis – this is anaphora because I’m repeating “I am” several times in the beginning of the sentence to give it rhythm. This can be used when explaining your self to someone or when you are talking to yourself wanting to know who you are while looking at the mirror
Epistrophe- “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
Analysis – this is epistrophe because I am repeating “the truth” several times. This is used in court when someone gives a testimony and has to swear to tell the truth meaning they can not lie.
Symploce- “When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it. When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it.”
Analysis- this is symploce because it uses both Anaphora and Epistrophe. This was said by Bill Clinton after the Bombing that happened in Oklahoma City.
Anaphora: I want my food right now, right here, all right?
Context and Analysis: In this example I use the word right three times. I used that word 3 times to create an anticipation to the audience. To show them that I am hungry and that I want nothing but my food right now.
Epistrophe: In the future I just want to maybe invent something, create something, or maybe even build something. As long as I make something that everyone will remember.
Context and Analysis: In this example, instead of repeating the words from the beginning of the sentence like I did in the anaphora example, I repeated the words at the end of each sentence. I did this to create a dramatic and persuasive effect to show the reader that I just want to make something that can make a difference in the world in someway.
Symploce: Please coach don’t kick me off the team, I swear I won’t get into another problem in school. You need me on the team, you want me on the team.
Context and Analysis: In this example, it is a mixture of anaphora and epistrophe together. I repeat the first and the last words of the phrases. In this example I repeat the word “you” and repeat the phrase “on the team”.
Anaphora
EX; “Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.”
Analysis: This sentence describes the meaning of Anaphora, which is “In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as Anaphora.”
Epistrophe
EX; “Hourly joys be still upon you! Juno sings her blessings on you …
Scarcity and want shall shun you,
Ceres’ blessing so is on you.”
Analysis: This sentence describes the meaning of Epistrophe, which is “the repetition of phrases or words is at the end of successive sentences such as in this example”.
Symploce
EX; “The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.”
Analysis: this explains the meaning of Symploce, which is “A combination of anaphora and epiphora, in which repetition is both at the end and at the beginning.”.
Anaphora:
– In every cry of every Man,
In every infant’s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear – “London,” William Blake
Context & Analysis:
Words repeat at the beginning of successive sentences. The variation from “every cry” to “every infant” sharpens Blake’s claim. The next variation, located in the third line, shortens the phrase and repeats it twice, accelerating the poems rhythm and urgency.
Epistrophe:
-Where now? Who now? When now?
Context & Analysis:
The same word returns at the end of each sentence. The word “now” is repeated three times to place emphasis, as well as making the line memorable.
Symploce:
-“Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him I have offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended.” – Shakespeare
Context & Analysis:
Words are being repeated at the beginning and the end of each sentence. It is highlighting the contrast between correct and incorrect claims
ANAPHORA:
EXAMPLE: My dog is cute. My dog is amazing. My dog is loyal.
CONTEXT: When trying to defend your dog or talk about them.
ANALYSIS: This allows more emphasis on my dog, letting the audience know that the cute, amazing, and loyal dog is MY dog.
EPISTROPHE:
EXAMPLE: The government is supposed to be of the people, for the people, and by the people but instead the higher-ups have more control than us.
CONTEXT: When having a conversation about the corrupt government.
ANALYSIS: It emphasizes the word “people” in order to give them a greater purpose and importance in the government
SYMPLOCE:
EXAMPLE: When there is bullying, let us stand up and go against it. When there is violence, let us stand up and go against it.
CONTEXT: When trying to be a motivational speaker about bullying and violence.
ANALYSIS: The repetition of words allows for my audience to be engaged and to stress an important issue.
Anaphora:
Ex 1) I water right here, right now, all right?
Analysis: By repeating the the word “right” it creates an effect where the audience gets the affect of what the speaker need / wants.
Epistrophe:
Ex 1) See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Analysis: The word “evil” repeats multiple times in order to create more emphasis and leave the audience with a memorable thing to remember and keep in there minds.
Sympolce:
Ex 1) “Most true that I must fair Fidessa love. Most true that I fair Fidessa cannot love, Most true that I do feel the pains of love, Most true that I am captive unto love.” (Bartholomew Griffin, Sonnet LXII, Fidessa, More Chaste Than Kinde, 1596)
Analysis: Repeating the same words in the beginning and the ending creates a better understanding for the audience the feeling that the speaker had. HIs repetition strenghtens his voice and creates a better affect.
Anaphora:
Example: I am beautiful. I am confident. I am myself. I am me.
Analysis: In this example, it is a anaphora because I words “I am” is being repeated multiple times and it represents the importance of what I am talking about. It shows how much I am talking about myself.
Epistrophe:
Example: I hate you. I love you. I care about you. I’m confused on how I truly feel about you.
Analysis: This is an example of epistrophe because the use of repetition is the word “you” to describe how the character feels about the person he/she is talking about.
Symploce:
Example: “The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes . . ..”
Analysis: This example is a symploce because it’s a combination of anaphora and epistrophe. The word choice here is being changed around.
Anaphora:
I am sad, I am mad I am tired.
Context & Analysis:
Jake about to break up with his girlfriend
The device adds emotions to the speaker world showing how he feel about there relationship. The effect it’s has on the listener they can feel the emotional impact the relationship is having on him. without the device the speaker would lose the emotional connection with the listener.
I came I saw I conquered
Context & Analysis
Julius Caesar’s motto after winning a battle.
This device shows the speaker objective and mindset. The effect it’s has on readers that it show what his mindset was during the war with three words. Without the device the speaker mindset or objective during the war would not be clear.
Epistrophe
killing is evil, stealing is evil, raping is evil.
Context & Analysis
Father telling his son what bad.
This device show what the father believe bad. The effect it’s has on the listener they have a clear understanding of what the father believe bad. That without the rhetorical device what the dad belive is bad might not be clearly stated.
Father telling his son what good.
giving is good, helping is good, respecting people’s differences is good.
Context & Analysis
This device show what the father believe is bad. The effect it’s has on the listener they have a clear understanding of what the father believe good. That without the rhetorical device what the dad belive is good might not be clearly stated.
Anaphora:
Ex.1: “… A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted…”
Context: A biblical quotation from Ecclesiastes.
Analysis: The speaker repeatedly uses the phrase “a time” in the beginning of each clause to build up to the most important part of their point.
Epistrophe:
Ex. 2: “In old age we laugh at our past, sigh for our past, cry out over our past.”
Context: An experienced elderly person explaining to someone younger about how their past impacts them.
Analysis: The speaker repeatedly uses the phrase “our past” at the end of each clause to create more of an emphasis each time it’s stated. This is done to let the audience know that the phrase being repeated is something they should remember because it’s important.
Symploce:
Ex. 3: “When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it.
When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it.”
— Bill Clinton
Context: A quote from Bill Clinton’s speech following the Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995.
Analysis: This is a combination of both anaphora and epistrophe because the speaker repeats the same phrase in the beginning and end. This form of repetition emphasizes the speaker’s point and makes it stronger.
Anaphora
Example: ” We like it because of how it smells, because of how it feels.
Context: Talking about liking fish.
Analysis: The sentence has because at the beginning and it keeps being said.
Epistrophe
Example:” The sneakers are there, the sweaters are there and the sweats are there.”
Context: Talking about where things are.
Analysis:This is an example of epistrophe because each clause ends in “are there”.
Symploce
Example: ” They lost in the war. They died in the war.”
Context: Talking about a fight.
Analyisis: This is an example of symploce because the sentence starts and begins with the same phrases.
Anaphora: “I’m sick and tired of you letting me down. I’m sick and tired of you making me mad. And I’m sick and tired of you doing such silly things!”
Analysis/Context: The repetition with the phrase “I’m sick and tired” allows this statement to display more emotion than if the phrase wasn’t repeated. This phrase being repeated shows how sick and tired the speaker really is.
Epistrophe: This year I was depressed, last year I was depressed, and the year before that I was depressed.
Analysis/Context: Repetition of the phrase “I was depressed” emphasizes that the speaker has been depressed for a while. This repetition gives off the tone that the speaker is truly depressed.
Symploce: I’m upset because I’m exhausted. I’m upset because I’m tired of putting up with it. I’m upset because I’m over it.
Analysis/Context: The phrase “I’m upset because” is repeated three times to display the feeling that the speaker is upset. The phrases that follow show that the speaker is tired of being upset. This sentence gives off a vibe of “I’m tired of dealing with things that are a waste of time.”
Anaphora: To love is to compromise. To love is to laugh. To love is to care. To love is to hurt.
Context/ Analysis: I made this up. I listed the things that come with feeling the emotion of love. The repetition comes from the “to love” part.
Epistrophe: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Context/ Analysis: I have heard this phrase multiple times. This came from the ancient Japanese and was popularized in the 7th century.
Symploce: ” Much is your reading, but not the word of god. Much is your building, but not the house of god.”
Context/ Analysis: This quote was written by T.S.Eliot. The repetition in the beginning and end of the sentance adds more emphasis.
17th century
Anaphora: Every single day you putting me down. Every single day you making me mad. And Every single day you bossing me around!
Context & Analysis: In this contest I am emphasizing that my friend frustrates me quite often.
Epistrophe: Last week, I was just fine. Yesterday, I was just fine. And today, I was just fine.
Context & Analysis: In this context the repetition of “ I was just fine” serves to emphasize that I have not changed over time. This just emphasizes the idea of me not changing.
Symploce: I cannot begin to love you. I cannot recommend anyone else to love you.
Context & Analysis: ” I cannot ” and “Love you”, the repetition of these words are helping to emphasize my point.
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Anaphora:
Example #1- “I’m sick and tired of you letting me down. I’m sick and tired of you making me mad. And I’m sick and tired of you doing such silly things!”
Context #1- Your fighting with either your friend or partner because they always seem to be making little mistakes every day that you’ve been trying to be nice about but you’ve had enough and yelled at them.
Analysis #1- Through the repetition of “I’m sick and tired,” the phrase has become more emotionally-charged than before.
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Epistrophe:
Example #1- “I’m tired of this job. I’m over this job. I’m done with this job!”
Context #1- you love your job, but sometimes it can be quite tiring and today is one of those day in which your starting to hate your job.
Analysis #1- Repetition of “this job” emphasizes that the job is the cause of the speaker’s frustration.
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Symploce:
Example #1- “In 1984, we introduced the Macintosh. It didn’t just change Apple, it changed the whole computer industry. In 2001, we introduced the first iPod, and it didn’t just change the way we all listened to music, it changed the entire music industry.”
Context #1- Steve Jobs, 9 January 2007
Analysis #1- The speaker’s words have rhythm and cadence. It combines both Anaphora and Epistrophe.
Anaphora
Example: “Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.”
Context & Analysis: This is a quote from Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech “I Have a Dream”. The repetition of ‘Go back to’ to emphasize that by the time they have returned home/ from where they came from. the problem that they are trying to resolve which is equal rights would’ve been solved
Epistrophe
Example: “Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended …
Context & Analysis: from the play Julius Cesar written by William Shakespeare. in the end he repeats the phrase ‘for him I have offended’ to show the importance of this phrase, but to also to ask what he has done wrong.
Symploce
Example: “The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.”
Context & Analysis: quote by G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1908. this quote comes to mean that a madman is made from when he has nothing except his reason, since a person who does not have a reason is a person who truly is mad and will do whatever without thinking.
Anaphora
Ex1:” It was the war that caused this. It was the weapons. It was the military. It was the soldiers. It was the rivals. It was self defense.”
Context/Analysis: I made up this example because I figured war can cause a lot of things and war isn’t just the idea of it it’s also the little things in it. So I explained that by using anaphora by repeating “it was the “.
Epistrophe
Ex:” See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.”
Context/ Analysis : this implies the idea of no interacting in any evil behavior. this is epistrophe because I am repeating no evil at the end.
Symploce
Ex:” Sometimes clouds rain on the ground. Sometimes clouds snow on the ground”
Context/Analysis:The idea is that clouds can do two things to the ground and I showed this by emphasizing / repeating sometimes cloud and on the ground in two sentences.
Anaphora: Hey mom, I cleaned the bathroom, I cleaned my room, and I clean the kitchen last.
Context: This is in the context of a call. I would usually say this when I call my mom before she gets home from work to let her know I did my chores. I describe all that I did or cleaned in the house.
Analysis: This is an example of anaphora because this rhetoric is used when something keeps repeating at the beginning of every addition or statement. Anaphora means repetition. In these sentences I repeat “I cleaned” before every description. I repeat it more than twice to clearly show a pattern of repetition.
Epistrophe: I grew up in this place, I learned in this place, I made friends in this place.
Context: This is in the context of school. Here I describe the place of a school and the setting is describing what school means to me.
Analysis: This is an example of Epistrophe because i’m not repeating the same thing at the beginning of every sentence or statement, I repeat the same thing at the end now. I continue to repeat “this place” at the end of every statement showing this rhetoric. In this sentence “this place” means school.
Symploce: As a team we will work to get strong again, we will work to get healthy again, we will work to win again, and of course as a team we will be the best again.
Context: This is in the context of any team. This is more so of a speech that can be given to teammates. A sentence like this can be used to motivate a team when they are at their lowest point towards success.
Analysis: This is an example of Symploce because I repeat the same thing at the beginning of a statement or sentences, and then a different word at the end. I repeat “we will” at the beginning of every statement before I state what will be worked on. Lastly at the end of every sentence or statement I repeat “again”
Anaphora- I am happy. I am brave. I am determined. I am strong.
Analysis – this is anaphora because I’m repeating “I am” several times in the beginning of the sentence to give it rhythm. This can be used when explaining your self to someone or when you are talking to yourself wanting to know who you are while looking at the mirror
Epistrophe- “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
Analysis – this is epistrophe because I am repeating “the truth” several times. This is used in court when someone gives a testimony and has to swear to tell the truth meaning they can not lie.
Symploce- “When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it. When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it.”
Analysis- this is symploce because it uses both Anaphora and Epistrophe. This was said by Bill Clinton after the Bombing that happened in Oklahoma City.
Anaphora: I want my food right now, right here, all right?
Context and Analysis: In this example I use the word right three times. I used that word 3 times to create an anticipation to the audience. To show them that I am hungry and that I want nothing but my food right now.
Epistrophe: In the future I just want to maybe invent something, create something, or maybe even build something. As long as I make something that everyone will remember.
Context and Analysis: In this example, instead of repeating the words from the beginning of the sentence like I did in the anaphora example, I repeated the words at the end of each sentence. I did this to create a dramatic and persuasive effect to show the reader that I just want to make something that can make a difference in the world in someway.
Symploce: Please coach don’t kick me off the team, I swear I won’t get into another problem in school. You need me on the team, you want me on the team.
Context and Analysis: In this example, it is a mixture of anaphora and epistrophe together. I repeat the first and the last words of the phrases. In this example I repeat the word “you” and repeat the phrase “on the team”.
Anaphora
EX; “Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.”
Analysis: This sentence describes the meaning of Anaphora, which is “In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as Anaphora.”
Epistrophe
EX; “Hourly joys be still upon you! Juno sings her blessings on you …
Scarcity and want shall shun you,
Ceres’ blessing so is on you.”
Analysis: This sentence describes the meaning of Epistrophe, which is “the repetition of phrases or words is at the end of successive sentences such as in this example”.
Symploce
EX; “The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.”
Analysis: this explains the meaning of Symploce, which is “A combination of anaphora and epiphora, in which repetition is both at the end and at the beginning.”.
Anaphora:
– In every cry of every Man,
In every infant’s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear – “London,” William Blake
Context & Analysis:
Words repeat at the beginning of successive sentences. The variation from “every cry” to “every infant” sharpens Blake’s claim. The next variation, located in the third line, shortens the phrase and repeats it twice, accelerating the poems rhythm and urgency.
Epistrophe:
-Where now? Who now? When now?
Context & Analysis:
The same word returns at the end of each sentence. The word “now” is repeated three times to place emphasis, as well as making the line memorable.
Symploce:
-“Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him I have offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended.” – Shakespeare
Context & Analysis:
Words are being repeated at the beginning and the end of each sentence. It is highlighting the contrast between correct and incorrect claims
ANAPHORA:
EXAMPLE: My dog is cute. My dog is amazing. My dog is loyal.
CONTEXT: When trying to defend your dog or talk about them.
ANALYSIS: This allows more emphasis on my dog, letting the audience know that the cute, amazing, and loyal dog is MY dog.
EPISTROPHE:
EXAMPLE: The government is supposed to be of the people, for the people, and by the people but instead the higher-ups have more control than us.
CONTEXT: When having a conversation about the corrupt government.
ANALYSIS: It emphasizes the word “people” in order to give them a greater purpose and importance in the government
SYMPLOCE:
EXAMPLE: When there is bullying, let us stand up and go against it. When there is violence, let us stand up and go against it.
CONTEXT: When trying to be a motivational speaker about bullying and violence.
ANALYSIS: The repetition of words allows for my audience to be engaged and to stress an important issue.
Anaphora:
Ex 1) I water right here, right now, all right?
Analysis: By repeating the the word “right” it creates an effect where the audience gets the affect of what the speaker need / wants.
Epistrophe:
Ex 1) See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Analysis: The word “evil” repeats multiple times in order to create more emphasis and leave the audience with a memorable thing to remember and keep in there minds.
Sympolce:
Ex 1) “Most true that I must fair Fidessa love. Most true that I fair Fidessa cannot love, Most true that I do feel the pains of love, Most true that I am captive unto love.” (Bartholomew Griffin, Sonnet LXII, Fidessa, More Chaste Than Kinde, 1596)
Analysis: Repeating the same words in the beginning and the ending creates a better understanding for the audience the feeling that the speaker had. HIs repetition strenghtens his voice and creates a better affect.
Anaphora:
Example: I am beautiful. I am confident. I am myself. I am me.
Analysis: In this example, it is a anaphora because I words “I am” is being repeated multiple times and it represents the importance of what I am talking about. It shows how much I am talking about myself.
Epistrophe:
Example: I hate you. I love you. I care about you. I’m confused on how I truly feel about you.
Analysis: This is an example of epistrophe because the use of repetition is the word “you” to describe how the character feels about the person he/she is talking about.
Symploce:
Example: “The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes . . ..”
Analysis: This example is a symploce because it’s a combination of anaphora and epistrophe. The word choice here is being changed around.
Anaphora:
I am sad, I am mad I am tired.
Context & Analysis:
Jake about to break up with his girlfriend
The device adds emotions to the speaker world showing how he feel about there relationship. The effect it’s has on the listener they can feel the emotional impact the relationship is having on him. without the device the speaker would lose the emotional connection with the listener.
I came I saw I conquered
Context & Analysis
Julius Caesar’s motto after winning a battle.
This device shows the speaker objective and mindset. The effect it’s has on readers that it show what his mindset was during the war with three words. Without the device the speaker mindset or objective during the war would not be clear.
Epistrophe
killing is evil, stealing is evil, raping is evil.
Context & Analysis
Father telling his son what bad.
This device show what the father believe bad. The effect it’s has on the listener they have a clear understanding of what the father believe bad. That without the rhetorical device what the dad belive is bad might not be clearly stated.
Father telling his son what good.
giving is good, helping is good, respecting people’s differences is good.
Context & Analysis
This device show what the father believe is bad. The effect it’s has on the listener they have a clear understanding of what the father believe good. That without the rhetorical device what the dad belive is good might not be clearly stated.
Anaphora:
Ex.1: “… A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted…”
Context: A biblical quotation from Ecclesiastes.
Analysis: The speaker repeatedly uses the phrase “a time” in the beginning of each clause to build up to the most important part of their point.
Epistrophe:
Ex. 2: “In old age we laugh at our past, sigh for our past, cry out over our past.”
Context: An experienced elderly person explaining to someone younger about how their past impacts them.
Analysis: The speaker repeatedly uses the phrase “our past” at the end of each clause to create more of an emphasis each time it’s stated. This is done to let the audience know that the phrase being repeated is something they should remember because it’s important.
Symploce:
Ex. 3: “When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it.
When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it.”
— Bill Clinton
Context: A quote from Bill Clinton’s speech following the Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995.
Analysis: This is a combination of both anaphora and epistrophe because the speaker repeats the same phrase in the beginning and end. This form of repetition emphasizes the speaker’s point and makes it stronger.
Anaphora
Example: ” We like it because of how it smells, because of how it feels.
Context: Talking about liking fish.
Analysis: The sentence has because at the beginning and it keeps being said.
Epistrophe
Example:” The sneakers are there, the sweaters are there and the sweats are there.”
Context: Talking about where things are.
Analysis:This is an example of epistrophe because each clause ends in “are there”.
Symploce
Example: ” They lost in the war. They died in the war.”
Context: Talking about a fight.
Analyisis: This is an example of symploce because the sentence starts and begins with the same phrases.
Anaphora: “I’m sick and tired of you letting me down. I’m sick and tired of you making me mad. And I’m sick and tired of you doing such silly things!”
Analysis/Context: The repetition with the phrase “I’m sick and tired” allows this statement to display more emotion than if the phrase wasn’t repeated. This phrase being repeated shows how sick and tired the speaker really is.
Epistrophe: This year I was depressed, last year I was depressed, and the year before that I was depressed.
Analysis/Context: Repetition of the phrase “I was depressed” emphasizes that the speaker has been depressed for a while. This repetition gives off the tone that the speaker is truly depressed.
Symploce: I’m upset because I’m exhausted. I’m upset because I’m tired of putting up with it. I’m upset because I’m over it.
Analysis/Context: The phrase “I’m upset because” is repeated three times to display the feeling that the speaker is upset. The phrases that follow show that the speaker is tired of being upset. This sentence gives off a vibe of “I’m tired of dealing with things that are a waste of time.”
Anaphora: To love is to compromise. To love is to laugh. To love is to care. To love is to hurt.
Context/ Analysis: I made this up. I listed the things that come with feeling the emotion of love. The repetition comes from the “to love” part.
Epistrophe: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Context/ Analysis: I have heard this phrase multiple times. This came from the ancient Japanese and was popularized in the 7th century.
Symploce: ” Much is your reading, but not the word of god. Much is your building, but not the house of god.”
Context/ Analysis: This quote was written by T.S.Eliot. The repetition in the beginning and end of the sentance adds more emphasis.
17th century
Anaphora: Every single day you putting me down. Every single day you making me mad. And Every single day you bossing me around!
Context & Analysis: In this contest I am emphasizing that my friend frustrates me quite often.
Epistrophe: Last week, I was just fine. Yesterday, I was just fine. And today, I was just fine.
Context & Analysis: In this context the repetition of “ I was just fine” serves to emphasize that I have not changed over time. This just emphasizes the idea of me not changing.
Symploce: I cannot begin to love you. I cannot recommend anyone else to love you.
Context & Analysis: ” I cannot ” and “Love you”, the repetition of these words are helping to emphasize my point.