Anaphora

Word ANAPHORA
Character 8
Hyphenation a naph o ra
Pronunciations /ænəˈfɔɹə/

Definitions and meanings of "Anaphora"

What do we mean by anaphora?

The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, noun

The use of a linguistic unit, such as a pronoun, to refer to the same person or object as another unit, usually a noun. The use of her to refer to the person named by Anne in the sentence Anne asked Edward to pass her the salt is an example of anaphora. noun

In rhetoric, a figure consisting in the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of two or more succeeding verses, clauses, or sentences: as, “Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world?” 1 Cor. i. 20. noun

In astronomy, the oblique ascension of a star. noun

In liturgics, the more solemn part of the eucharistic service: probably so called from the oblation which occurs in it. noun

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses. noun

The use of a substitute word, such as a pronoun, in reference to a something already mentioned in a discourse; also, the relation between the substitute word and its antecedent. It is contrasted with cataphora, the use of a pronoun for a word or topic not yet mentioned. noun

The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis. noun

An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context. noun

An expression that refers to a preceding expression. noun

Plural form of anaphor. noun

Plural form of anaphora. noun

Using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier noun

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses noun

An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

1. (Rhetorical Figure) The repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses. Urban Dictionary

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Synonyms and Antonyms for Anaphora

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The word "anaphora" in example sentences

The anaphora is merely repetitive and does not vary its recurrance or wind up the pace. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I discussed Barack Obama's past use of a rhetorical device called anaphora (a figure of speech repeated over a string of phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs). ❋ Unknown (2008)

This device of beginning successive lines with the same word is called anaphora, in case you wanted to know. ❋ Bevington, David (2002)

One discovers numerous examples in which De Luca uses such rhetorical devices as anadiplosis or the repetition of a word at the end of a clause or at the beginning of another; anaphora or the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses; or anastrophe which is the inversion of the usual word order within a sentence. ❋ Mark Axelrod (2012)

This figure often occurs public address with others such as antithesis, anaphora, asyndeton, climax, epistrophe and symploce. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The the next three sentences constitute a second parallelism also in conjunction with anaphora. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Note: Can you spot the anaphora and the anadiplosis? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The use of repetition, anaphora, to make stark the contrast between the rules of engagement (or rules of rifle assemblage) and the world of Nature. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Note: Also anaphora ( "It means that ....") and antithesis ( "... as equals across the bargaining table and not as peons in the fields.") ❋ Unknown (2010)

It seemed only natural that the poem would take as an anaphora the conventional first words of slave narratives: ‘I was born.’ ❋ Amy Gerstler (2010)

Great Regulars: Before you ask what in God's name is happening, note the anaphora and the beautifully managed variation in the length of the sentences. ❋ Rus Bowden (2010)

Note here that the first three sentences comprise the first parallelism used in conjunction with anaphora. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(For a fuller discussion of antithesis and anaphora, please see my earlier blog about his Inaugural Address.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

And then Obama turned to one of his own favorite rhetorical devices, anaphora, or the repetitive use of a key phrase. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The setting was like that of his stump speeches during his campaign for the Presidency and, as in those times, he called upon two of his familiar rhetorical devices: the human interest story and anaphora, or the repetitive use of a key phrase. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(For a fuller discussion of anaphora, please see my earlier blog about his Inaugural Address and my prior blog on his health care speech.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

[rerum] [copia] verborum copiam gignit ([Cicero], De Oratoribus, iii. 125) ABUNDANCE of matter produces ABUNDANCE of expression. ❋ Mihailoff (2005)

I [HATE] [ANAPHORA]!!!!!! ❋ Beachcomber19 (2021)

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