In rhetoric terms the difference between anaphora and apostrophe
is that anaphora is the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis while apostrophe is a sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
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
apostrophe
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) apostrophe, or (etyl) apostrophus, from (etyl) .
Alternative forms
*
*
Noun
(
en noun)
(orthography) The text character , which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
Derived terms
* greengrocer's apostrophe
Usage notes
In English, the apostrophe is used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers.
See also
* (wikipedia)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) apostrophe, from (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
(rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
Derived terms
* apostrophically
Related terms
* catastrophe
