Look up: Anaphora

1. Anaphora
   the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
   *We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall def...
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2. Anaphora
   The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines e.g. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman.
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3. anaphora
   [n] - using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word
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4. Anaphora
   A·naph'o·ra noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to carry up or back; ... + ... to carry.] (Rhet.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
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5. anaphora
   noun using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
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6. Anaphora
   • (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
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7. anaphora
   (Greek: `a carrying up or back`), a literary or oratorical device involving the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several sentences ... [1 related articles]
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8. anaphora
   anaphora, anaphoric 1. The use of the same word or phrase at the beginning of several successive clauses, sentences, lines, or verses; usually for emphasis or rhetorical effect; as in, 'She didn't speak. She didn't stand. She didn't even look up when we came in.' “We shall fight on the beaches, we...
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9. anaphora
   successive phrases, clauses, or lines start with the same word or words. Emily Brontë's 'Remembrance,' for example, repeats its opening phrase, 'Cold in the earth.'
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10. anaphora
    Very often used device in speeches or ballads. It means that the same words or groups of words are used in successive lines, sentences, or paragraphs.
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11. Anaphora
    (rhetoric) In ἀναφορά-->, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis. In contrast, an epistrophe (or epiphora) is repeating words at the claus...
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12. Anaphora
    (linguistics) In linguistics, `anaphora` () is an instance of an expression referring to another. In general, an anaphoric expression is represented by a pro-form or some kind of deictic. In some theories, the strict definition of anaphora includes only references to preceding utterances. A p...
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13. Anaphora
    (liturgy) The `Anaphora` is the most solemn part of the Divine liturgy, Mass, or other Christian Communion rite where the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as the body and blood of Christ. This is the usual name for this part of the Liturgy in Eastern Christianity, but it is more of...
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