Anaphoria

/ænəˈfɔriə/ noun

Definition

A linguistic or rhetorical device related to the backward reference of words, often used in formal discourse or poetry.

Etymology

From Greek ana- (back, again) + -phoria (from pherein, to carry), literally 'a carrying back or backward reference.'

Kelly Says

Anaphoria is to backward references what anaphora is to forward repetition—it's language's way of linking ideas together across sentences like verbal bookmarks.

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