In rhetoric terms the difference between anaphora and symploce
is that anaphora is the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis while symploce is a combination of epanaphora and antistrophe.
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
symploce
Noun
(
en noun)
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The white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled. - }}
(rhetoric) The repetition of one word or words at the beginning and another word or words at the end of successive phrases or clauses.
(rhetoric) A combination of epanaphora and antistrophe.
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