different between anaphora vs alliteration

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (anaphorá, “a carrying back”), from ??? (aná, “up”) + ???? (phér?, “I carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn??f???/, /?n?æf???/

Noun

anaphora (countable and uncountable, plural anaphoras or anaphors or anaphora)

1. (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.

   Antonyms: epiphora, epistrophe

2. (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
3. (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.

   Hypernym: endophora

   Coordinate terms: cataphora, exophora, homophora

4. (Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ

Derived terms

• anaphoric

Usage notes

• In linguistics, the terms anaphor and anaphora are sometimes used interchangeably, although in some theories, a distinction is made between them. See the Wikipedia article.

Translations

See also

• deixis

Noun

anaphora

1. plural of anaphor

Further reading

• anaphora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anaphora (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From New Latin all?ter?ti?, from all?ter?tus, from all?ter?, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and l?tera (“a letter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??l?t???e???n/, [??l?????e???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

alliteration (countable and uncountable, plural alliterations)

1. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
2. The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Related terms

• alliterational
• alliterative
• alliteratively
• alliterativeness

Translations

See also

• assonance

Further reading

• alliteration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia