A figure of speech in which words or clauses in a sentence are inverted or arranged in an unusual order. Cf. hyperbaton, n.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > inversion (16) anastrophe1555 A figure of speech in which words or clauses in a sentence are inverted or arranged in an unusual order. Cf. hyperbaton, n. hyperbaton1579 A figure of speech in which the customary or logical order of words or phrases is inverted, esp. for the sake of emphasis. Also, an example of this… inversion1583 Reversal or transposition of the normal or familiar order of the words or clauses of a sentence, elements of a phrase, etc., esp. for literary or… trespasser1589 Rhetoric. literal. ‘That which oversteps or passes beyond’; hyperbaton. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— unusual or abnormal (4) — parallelism or contrast in form AB-BA (3) — transposition of words (2) — transposition of functions in sentence (3) |
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