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Figures of Speech Cheatsheet

Index

  1. Anaphora
  2. Prosopopedia

Anaphora

Repetition of a words at the beginning of successive sentences for emphasis or rhythm.

Example, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech:

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed (…)

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia (…)

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi (…)

Prosopopedia

When voice is given to a non-human (animal, object, abstract idea) or an imagined, deceased person.