At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; . . . and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip."

The repetition of the phrase and that in the passage from Chapter 1 is an example of
Question 11 options:

A)

personification.

B)

simile.

C)

metaphor.

D)

anaphora.

1 answer

The correct answer is:

D) anaphora.

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. In this passage, the repeated phrase "and that" serves this function.