Figurative Language, Poetry Literary Devices - Britannica Anaphora (sometimes called epanaphora) is used most effectively for emphasis in argumentative prose and sermons and in poetry, as in these lines from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “to die, to sleep To sleep—perchance to dream ”
Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia Analogy – the use of a similar or parallel case or example to reason or argue a point Anaphora – a succession of sentences beginning with the same word or group of words Anastrophe – inversion of the natural word order Anecdote – a brief narrative describing an interesting or amusing event