In rhetoric , antimetabole IPAc en icon n t m t b l i respell AN ti m TAB lee is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed grammatical order e.g., I know what I like, and I like what I know . It is similar to chiasmus although chiasmus does not use repetition of the same words or phrases. Examples Eat to live, not live to eat. Attributed to Socrates Latin Miser ex potente fiat ex misero potens Seneca the Younger , Thyestes , Act I.10 let it make misery from power and power from misery . Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country . John F. Kennedy , Inaugural Address , January 20, 1961. A woman s life is love a man s love is life. So obviously desperate so desperately obvious... Taking Back Sunday You Know How I Do You stood up for America, now America must stand up for you. Barack Obama December 14, 2011. Etymology It is derived from the Greek language Greek from ant , against, opposite and metabol , turning about, change . See also Figure of speech Rhetoric Russian reversal Chiasmus References Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971. reflist External links http www.americanrhetoric.com figures antimetabole.htm Audio illustrations of antimetabole http www.slate.com id 2199536 Examples in U.S.A politics. http www.onthemedia.org transcripts 2008 09 19 04 NPR story Category Rhetoric de Antimetabole fr Antim tabole hr Antimetabola la Antimetabole nl Antimetabool ja pl Antymetabola ru simple Antimetabole sk Antimetabola sh Antimetabola tl Antimetabole ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2007 A transpositional pun is a complicated pun format with two aspects. It involves transposing the words in a well known phrase or saying to get a daffynition like clever redefinition of a well known word unrelated to the original phrase. The redefinition is thus the first aspect, the transposition the second aspect. As a result, transpositional puns are considered among the most difficult to create, and commonly the most challenging to comprehend, particularly for non native speakers of the language in which they re given most commonly English language English . Examples unreferenced section date August 2010 class wikitable Pun Original reference Alimony The bounty of mutiny. The Mutiny on the Bounty . Dieting A waist is a terrible thing to mind. A mind is a terrible thing to waste , the motto of the United Negro College Fund . Hangover s The wrath of grapes. The Grapes of Wrath Olympic Games Olympic officials The souls that time men s tries. Thomas Paine s saying These are the times that try men s souls . The Oboe An ill wind nobody blows good. tis an ill wind that blows nobody any good . Feudalism It s your count that votes It s your vote that counts Screaming Words speak louder than actions Actions speak louder than words mercenary Soldiers of fortune Give Chance a piece Give peace a chance Vigilantism the soul of the Dark Knight The dark night of the soul Trophies the memory of persistence The Persistence of Memory See also Antimetabole Chiasmus In Soviet Russia Category Puns ... more details
Soviet Russia is a term usually used to informally refer to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic &ndash the successor state to the Russian Republic and the largest one of the fifteen republics that comprised the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics &ndash which was established on OldStyleDate 7 November 1918 25 October following the October Revolution of that year. The entity was governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Names Bolshevik Party also called the Communist Party , hence the informal name. It was also called In the contemporary official documents issued by the Bolshevik government the state was variously called Russia , the Russian Republic , the Russian Federative Republic , the Soviet Republic or Russia , the Soviet Workers and Peasants Republic , the Workers and Peasants Republic of the Soviets . The term may also denote Soviet Russia 1919 , magazine of the Friends of Soviet Russia in the United States Sovetskaya Rossiya Soviet Russia , a newspaper in the Soviet Union In Soviet Russia a comical antimetabole first used by Yakov Smirnoff Disambig Category Political terms Category Russian Revolution ro Rusia Sovietic dezambiguizare ru sk Sovietske Rusko sh Sovjetska Rusija razvrstavanje zh ... more details
The epanalepsis is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence. The beginning and the end are the two positions of stronger Stress linguistics emphasis in a sentence so, by having the same phrase in both places, the speaker calls special attention to it. Nested double epanalepses form another figure of speech, which is called an antimetabole . Examples The King is dead. Long live the King The king is dead, long live the king . Severe to his servants, to his children severe . They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down . Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Beloved is mine she is Beloved . Blow winds and crack your cheeks Rage, blow Shakespeare , King Lear , 3.2.1 Nice to see you, to see you, nice . Bruce Forsyth Etymology From the Greek language Greek lang grc , epan l psis , literally meaning repetition, resumption, taking up again . ref http dictionary.reference.com search?q Epanalepsis Epanalepsis Definitions from Dictionary.com Bot generated title ref See also Anaphora rhetoric Anadiplosis Figure of speech Footnotes reflist References cite book last Smyth first Herbert Weir year 1920 title Greek Grammar publisher Harvard University Press location Cambridge MA isbn 0 674 36250 0 page 673 External links http www.americanrhetoric.com figures epanalepsis.htm Audio illustrations of epanalepsis Category Figures of speech Category Rhetoric ar de Epanalepse es Epanalepsis fr panalepse gl Epanalepse it Epanalessi nl Epanalepsis ja pl Epanalepsa ... more details
main Figure of speech In linguistics, scheme is a figure of speech that changes the normal arrangement of words in a sentence s structure. A good example of a playwright who is notorious for his use of schemes and Trope linguistics tropes is William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet , Hamlet , Julius Caesar . Structures of balance parallelism rhetoric Parallelism The use of similar structures in two or more clauses Isocolon Use of parallel structures of the same length in successive clauses Tricolon Use of three parallel structures of the same length in independent clauses and of increasing power Antithesis The juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas climax figure of speech Climax The arrangement of words in order of increasing importance Changes in word order Anastrophe Inversion of the usual word order Parenthesis rhetoric Parenthesis Insertion of a clause or sentence in a place where it interrupts the natural flow of the sentence Apposition The placing of two elements side by side, in which the second defines the first Omission Ellipsis Omission of words Asyndeton Omission of conjunctions between related clauses Brachylogia Omission of conjunctions between a series of words Repetition Alliteration A series of words that begin with the same letter or sound alike Anaphora rhetoric Anaphora The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses Anadiplosis Repetition of a word at the end of a clause at the beginning of another Antanaclasis Repetition of a word in two different senses Antimetabole Repetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse order Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse Asyndeton Lack of conjunctions Chiasmus Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses climax figure of speech Climax Repetition of the scheme anadiplosis at least three times, with the elements arranged in an order of increasing importance Epanalepsis Repetition of the initial word ... more details
for antimetabole Example farm section date October 2009 These examples are often quoted by modern commentators to demonstrate chiasmus, although they are defined as antimetabole in the classical ... Friends. See also Arch form Antanaclasis Antimetabole Chiastic structure Figure of speech Rhetoric ... more details
and knowledge is antimetabole refutation by reversal . Antithesis also works toward a similar end. An example of antimetaboleAntimetabole often appears in writing or visuals where the line ... more details
. ref Hill 1957 65 ref Hill also analysed antimetabole , epanalepsis , epizeuxis and the repetition of a clause ... Peele and gives numerous examples throughout the play of the use of antimetabole, anadiplosis , epanalepsis ... more details
literature The following is a list of literary terms that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of poetry, novels and picture books. See also Glossary of poetry terms , Literary criticism , Literary theory inc lit CompactTOC8 name Contents align center custom1 References and further reading A Abecedarius Academic drama Acatalectic Accent poetry Accent Accentual verse Acrostic Act drama Act Aisling Allegory Alliteration Allusion Anachronism Anacrusis Anadiplosis Anagnorisis Analects Analepsis Analogue literature Analogue Analogy Anapest Anaphora rhetoric Anaphora Anastrophe Anecdote Annal Annotation Antagonist Antanaclasis Antepenult Anthology Anti climax narrative Anticlimax Anti hero Anti masque Anti romance Antimetabole Antinovel Epistrophe Antistrophe Antithesis Antonym Aphorism Apocope Apocrypha fiction Apocrypha Apollonian and Dionysian Apologue Apologetics Apology Apothegm Aposiopesis Apostrophe figure of speech Apostrophe Apron stage Arcadia utopia Arcadia Archaism Archetype Aristeia Argument Arsis and thesis Arsis Art for art s sake Asemic writing Aside Assonance Asyndeton Atmosphere literature Atmosphere Attitude psychology Attitude Aubade Aube Aubade Audience Autobiography Autotelic Avant garde B Image RochesterBestiaryFolio007rLeopard.jpg 200px thumb right The Leopard from the 13th century bestiary Rochester Bestiary. Ballad Ballade Ballad stanza Bard Baroque Bathos Beast fable beast epic Beast poetry Beat Generation Beginning rhyme Belles lettres Bestiary Beta reader Bibliography Bildungsroman Biography Black comedy Blank verse Bloomsbury Group Body publishing Body Fustian Bombast fustian Boulevard theatre Bourgeosis drama Bouts Rim s Thomas Bowdler Bowdlerize Breviloquence Broadside Burlesque Burletta Burns stanza Buskin Byronic hero C Cadence literature Cadence Caesura Calligram Western canon Canon Canso song Canso Canticum Canto Canzone Capa y espada Captivity narrative Caricature Carmen figuratum Carpe diem Catac ... more details
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