1. A rhetorical device in which an objection is anticipated and answered beforehand
The speaker used prolepsis by addressing the counterargument before the audience could raise it.
O orador usou prolepse ao antecipar a objeção antes que a audiência pudesse levantá-la.
2. In narrative, the representation of a future event as if it had already happened; a flash-forward
The author employed prolepsis when she described the character's death in the opening chapter.
A autora empregou prolepse ao descrever a morte da personagem no primeiro capítulo.
3. In grammar, the use of a word before it is properly introduced or defined
Prolepsis occurs when a pronoun is used before its antecedent is established.
A prolepse ocorre quando um pronome é usado antes de seu antecedente ser estabelecido.