anaphora

1. Linguistics The use of a linguistic unit, such as a pronoun, to refer back to another unit, as the use of her to refer to Anne in the sentence Anne asked Edward to pass her the salt.

2. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills” ( Winston S. Churchill).

3. Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect .

4. Use of a grammatical substitute (as a pronoun or a pro-verb) to refer to the denotation of a preceding word or group of words.

5. The relation between a grammatical substitute and its antecedent.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
anaphora	13	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ah	5
po	4
pa	4
or	2
op	4
on	2
oh	5
no	2
na	2
ho	5
ha	5
ar	2
an	2
aa	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
par	5
aha	6
aah	6
oar	3
ora	3
pah	8
pan	5
opa	5
pho	8
poh	8
pro	5
rah	6
ran	3
rap	5
rho	6
aro	3
hap	8
hop	8
hon	6
apo	5
hao	6
nah	6
nap	5
noh	6
nor	3
ana	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
roan	4
napa	6
proa	6
prao	6
porn	6
phon	9
para	6
paan	6
haar	7
harp	9
hoar	7
hora	7
horn	7
anoa	4
opah	9

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
prana	7
apron	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
orphan	11

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anaphor	12

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anaphora	13