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词汇 analepsis
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Definition of analepsis in English:

analepsis

noun ˌanəˈlɛpsɪsˌænəˈlɛpsəs
mass noun
  • 1Rhetoric
    A literary device in narrative, in which a past event is narrated at a point later than its chronological place in a story.

    writers make strategic use of both analepsis and prolepsis in telling a story
    Compare with prolepsis
  • 2rare Ascension into heaven.

    the analepsis terminated the earthly ministry

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘rhetorical device involving repetition of a word or phrase’): via late Latin from Greek analēpsis, from ana ‘up’ + lambanein ‘take’.

Definition of analepsis in US English:

analepsis

nounˌanəˈlepsəsˌænəˈlɛpsəs
  • 1Rhetoric
    A literary device in narrative, in which a past event is narrated at a point later than its chronological place in a story.

    writers make strategic use of both analepsis and prolepsis in telling a story
    Compare with prolepsis
  • 2rare Ascension into heaven.

    the analepsis terminated the earthly ministry

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘rhetorical device involving repetition of a word or phrase’): via late Latin from Greek analēpsis, from ana ‘up’ + lambanein ‘take’.

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