Strike a pose and rise to speak, for example? (8)
I believe the answer is:
anagrams
'example?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'strike a pose and rise to speak' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'strike' could be 'ram' (I've seen this before) and 'ram' is found within the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for anagrams that I've seen before include ""Sword" from "words" and "seraph" from "phrase", for example" , "Words made by rearranging the letters of others" , "Words with letters transposed to form other words" , "Word jumbles" , "Mixed-up words as ragman have it" .)