Anaphora and Epistrophe: A Key to Great Dialogue

All great writers, from Shakespeare to Nabokov, from Tarantino to Sorkin, are obsessed with the music of language. Lyrical writing makes for vivid prose and riveting dialog. As with any art, there is underlying theory to this beauty that can be studied and admired.

In this video, we dip a toe into the study of rhetoric, with a brief look at anaphora and epistrophe. Along the way, we tip our hat to the tricolon, the chiasmus, and the antimetabole. Why should writers study what a bunch of dead Greeks and Romans had to say about writing? We should study it for our craft, study it for rhetorical impact, and study it…for freedom!

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