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Which of the following passages from Kennedy's address includes anaphora?

A. Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who
was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb
it. He said, "Because it is there."
B. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for
progress, in a State noted for strength, and we stand in need of all
three, for we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade
- of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance.
O c. What was once the furthest outpost on the old frontier of the West
will be the furthest outpost on the new frontier of science and
space. Houston, your City of Houston, with its Manned Spacecraft
Center, will become the heart of a large scientific and engineering
community.
D. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most
hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man
has ever embarked.

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Answer: I would say A, where he is used instead of George Mallory to avoid repetition.

Explanation: Anaphora is the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition. For example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb do in I like it and so do they.

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