Examples of Anaphora

Examples of anaphora:

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. Dr. Martin Luther King

"What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness; but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black." Robert F. Kennedy, Announcing the death of Martin Luther King

"We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community." -- Barbara Jordan,

"To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us." Hillary Clinton

Aphorisms:

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Tallentyre

"If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got." ("Moms" Mabley)

"Your children need your presence more than your presents." (Jesse Jackson)

Cliches:

“to this day” “sweaty palms” “do you think I am made of money?” “I feel as if I am made of money” “next thing I knew” “any port in a storm"

Assonance Some common conditions that assonance constructions include…

The repetitive sound must be that of vowels (A, E, I, O, U). The repetition must me quite systematic and is possible placed at a equivalent interval. It is a convention to have assonance in a singular sentence or line, it is rarely spread across more than one sentence.

Examples:

Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

'the world is too much without us' The sound of 'O' is the assonance that is observed.

Hear the mellow wedding bells The assonance of e's by Edgar Allan Poe in the poem the Bells is noteworthy example.

Fade to Black by heavy metal legends 'Metallica'

Life it seems will fade away Drifting further every day Getting lost within myself Nothing matters, no one else The assonance of e's is striking in the entire song.

Consonance: The repetition, at close intervals, of the final consonants of accented syllables or important words, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.

’T was later when the summer went Than when the cricket came, And yet we knew that gentle clock Meant nought but going home.

’T was sooner when the cricket went Than when the winter came, Yet that pathetic pendulum Keeps esoteric time. (Emily Dickinson, "’T was later when the summer went")