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Question 20 • SS - TX-English II B

Which passage from Kennedy’s inaugural address is an example of anaphora?

Answer

“To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery . . .”

“All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.”

“[T]he torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans . . . .”

“[T]hose who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.”

Explanation

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. In choice B, Kennedy repeats “nor” as he lists what will not be finished: “Nor will it be finished,” “nor in the life,” and “nor even perhaps in our lifetime.”

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