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Anaphora vs Antistrophe - What's the difference?

anaphora | antistrophe |

In rhetoric terms the difference between anaphora and antistrophe

is that anaphora is the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis while antistrophe is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.

anaphora

English

Alternative forms

* (plural of anaphora) anaphoras, anaphors * (plural of anaphor) anaphors

Noun

  • (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
  • (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
  • (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
  • English plurals
  • English plurals

    • Derived terms

    * anaphoric

    Usage notes

    * In linguistics, the terms (anaphor) and (term) are sometimes used interchangeably, although in some theories, a distinction is made between them. See .

    Hypernyms

    * (reference to something previously mentioned) endophora

    Coordinate terms

    * (reference to something previously mentioned) cataphora, exophora, homophora

    See also

    * ("anaphora" on Wikipedia) *

    antistrophe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
  • (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
  • (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
  • The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

    • Related terms

    * antistrophic (Webster 1913)

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