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Antimetabole (an-tee-meh-TA-boe-lee) : Figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause; an inverted order of repeated words in adjacent phrases or clauses (A-B, B-A).
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A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order (A-B-C, C-B-A). See also: chiasmus. ... From the Greek, "turning about in the opposite direction"; ... "I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than...
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Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. ... This figure is sometimes known as chiasmus. ... When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Antimetabole? ... Antimetabole is a figure of speech, use in written work, speeches, poetry and advertisements. ... Often in antimetabole, the direct object of the subject is reversed. It becomes the subject of the subsequent clause. The most famous antimetabole in modern speech is John...
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Here, courtesy of Slate, are instances of antimetabole in this election season: — Virginia Hughes ... Ask not what antimetabole can do for you-ask what you can do for antimetabole. — One Thousand Reasons...
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Dear readers, ask not what Slate can do for you but what you can do for Slate. ... Speechwriter for a DayThe best antimetabole submissions from Slate's reader contest.
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Definition of Antimetabole in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of Antimetabole. Pronunciation of Antimetabole. Translations of Antimetabole. Antimetabole synonyms, Antimetabole antonyms. Information about Antimetabole in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... Antimetabole; antimetabolic; antimetabolic;
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A selection of articles related to antimetabole ... A Wisdom Archive on antimetabole ... antimetabole: Encyclopedia II - Figure of speech - Classification...
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Many rhetorical figures in the writing of Karl Marx exhibit antimetabole or chiasmus. For example, his critique of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's The Philosophy of Poverty titled The Poverty of Philosophy contains such an inversion by reference.
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