Cataphora Definition
Words or phrases like pronouns are cataphora when they point forwards to something later on in the text:
As he was unaccustomed to it, Jake found the pressure very hard to deal with.
Here, it is cataphoric because it refers forwards to the noun pressure.
See Also:
Anaphora; Deixis; Endophora; Exophora
Category:
Reference and Cohesion Mechanisms