Question

As an American, I want to speak for those women in my own country, women who are raising children on minimum wage, women who can’t afford health care or child care, women whose lives are threatened by violence.

–“Address to the United Nations Fourth
World Conference on Women,”
Hillary Clinton

What rhetorical device does Clinton use in this part of the speech?

imagery
anaphora
metonymy
metaphor

Answer 1

Anaphora.

Clinton repeats the word "women" at the start of successive phrases ("women who are raising...," "women who can’t afford...," "women whose lives..."), which is the definition of anaphora — deliberate repetition for emphasis.