Given below are two statements: Statement (I): An anaphora is a technique where several phrases begin with the same word or words. Statement (II): An Epithet is an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct.
Anaphora is correctly described as the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses for emphasis. An epithet is also correctly defined as a descriptive adjective or phrase highlighting a characteristic quality of a person or thing, so both statements hold true.
Important Questions from Figure of speech/Literary Devices
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Why the whole city went out to see the victorious general?
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Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
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An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country.
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He lay all night on his sleepless pillow.
The underlined is an example of
“An exaggeration for emphasis” is feature of:
