When he arrived, Zain noticed that the door was open. The underlined word is an example of:
Correct answer: B. cataphoric reference
- A. anaphoric reference
- B. cataphoric reference
- C. cross reference
- D. lexical reference
Explanation
Cataphoric reference refers to a linguistic device in which a word or phrase refers to something mentioned later in the discourse.In the sentence, "he arrived" is referring to Zain, who is mentioned later in the sentence.
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