using System.Collections.Generic;
public static void Main()
<w:r xmlns:w=""http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"">
<w:color val=""000000"" />
<w:rStyle val=""Quote"" />
<w:t space=""preserve""> « </w:t>
string firstItem = string.Empty;
var doc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
foreach (XElement element in doc.Descendants().Where(x => x.Name.LocalName.Equals("rPr")))
IEnumerable<XElement> elements = element.ElementsAfterSelf();
foreach (XElement el in elements)
Console.WriteLine(el.Name);