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| 1 | arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of x y y x. it is often short and summarizes a main idea. | 19 sets | |
| 2 | inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | 15 sets | |
| 3 | a term from classical rhetoric that describes a situation in which you introduce subjects in the order a b and c and then talk about them in the order c b and a. | 11 sets | |
| 4 | an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases | 9 sets | |
| 5 | a figure of speech that reverses the order of words in phrases that would otherwise be structured the same. (e.g. heaven is too great of humanity; humanity is too great for heaven) | 8 sets | |
| 6 | two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a) | 8 sets | |
| 7 | an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | 7 sets | |
| 8 | reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses | 6 sets | |
| 9 | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 6 sets | |
| 10 | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases | 5 sets | |
| 11 | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | 5 sets | |
| 12 | reverse in syntax, but words are different. ex. to eat is boring, to sleep is fulfilling. | 4 sets | |
| 13 | a figure of speech based on inverted parallelism. it is a rhetorical figure in which two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of terms. | 4 sets | |
| 14 | a type of rhetoric in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first | 4 sets | |
| 15 | a term from classical rhetoric that describes a situation in which you introduce subjects in the order a, b, and c, and then talk about them in the order c, b, and a. | 4 sets | |
| 16 | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in "he went to the country, to the town went she." | 3 sets | |
| 17 | reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses | 3 sets | |
| 18 | an arrangement which places words in opposing order of related phrases. | 3 sets | |
| 19 | two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a); from shape of the greek letter chi (x). | 3 sets | |
| 20 | "many i have defended, i have injured no one." | 3 sets | |
| 21 | two parallel phrases or clauses in which the word order is reversed in the second phrase | 3 sets | |
| 22 | derived from the greek letter chi (x); grammatical structure of the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words | 3 sets | |
| 23 | contrast by parallelism in reverse order | 3 sets | |
| 24 | a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed. | 2 sets | |
| 25 | a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second. eg. "pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure" --byron | 2 sets | |
| 26 | überkreuzstellung von satzteilen in zwei sätzen/versen | 2 sets | |
| 27 | "die kunst ist lang und kurz ist unser leben." (goethe) | 2 sets | |
| 28 | a form of antithesis in which the second half of the statement inverts the word order of the first half | 2 sets | |
| 29 | arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of x y y x. chiasmus is often short and summarizes a main idea | 2 sets | |
| 30 | a mirror image type of antithesis where one phrase is the reverse of the other: 'love's fire heats water, water cools not love' | 2 sets | |
| 31 | reverse parallelism; an ab structure is followed by a ba structure, (ex: "what is learned unwillingly will be forgotten gladly." is turned into "what is learned unwillingly will be gladly forgotten.") | 2 sets | |
| 32 | two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a); from shape of the greek letter chi (x) | 2 sets | |
| 33 | a type of balance in which the second part is balanced against the first but with the part reversed (ex: "flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike") | 2 sets | |
| 34 | the opposite of parallel construction | 2 sets | |
| 35 | he labors without complaining and without bragging rests. | 2 sets | |
| 36 | figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second | 2 sets | |
| 37 | a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second. this may involve a repetition of the same words. | 2 sets | |
| 38 | abba syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel abab structure; minor syntactical device (ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.) | 2 sets | |
| 39 | arrangement of repeated thoughts in the form x y y x; ("ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country) | 2 sets | |
| 40 | a pattern in which the second part is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed | 2 sets | |