chiasmus (Crossword)
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- Clue: Rhetorical device
Answer: chiasmus
Definitions of “chiasmus”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• A crosswise placing of elements in prose or verse
• An inversion of the order of words or phrases
• Chiasmus comes from a Greek word meaning “crossed
• Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
• A rhetorical inversion of the second of two parallel structures
• Repetition of any group of verse elements in reverse order
• Repetition of any group of verse elements in reverse order
• In rhetoric, chiasmus (Latin term from Greek χίασμα
• A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
• A rhetorical construction in which the order of the words in the second of two paired phrases
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