anaphora

The definition of anaphora is using the same word or words to start two or more sentences or paragraphs that follow one another.

(noun)

“Because I understand, because I want to, because I love you” is an example of an anaphora.

See anaphora in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, lines of verse, etc.

Origin: L < Gr < ana-, up, back + pherein, to bear

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noun

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).
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.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin

Origin: , from Greek

Origin: , from anapherein, to bring back

Origin: : ana-, ana-

Origin: + pherein, to carry; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots

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