Have you heard of this word? The Word of the Day is:
-Anaphora-
[pronounced uh-naf-er-uh]
n.
1) Also called epanaphora; repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
2) The use of a word as a regular grammatical substitute for a preceding word or group of words, such as the use of it and do in this example: I know it and he does too.
3) The use of a word as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse.
Word Origin
"Anaphora" originated from the word anapherein meaning "a carrying back," in the 1580s.
Interesting Fact
As one of the world's oldest poetic techniques, "anaphora" is used in much of the world's religious and devotional poetry, including numerous Biblical Psalms.
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