chiasmus
/kahy-az-muhs/US // kaɪˈæz məs //UK // (kaɪˈæzməs) //
缩略语,芝罘区,缩略图,志趣相投
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural chi·as·mi [kahy-az-mahy]. /kaɪˈæz maɪ/. Rhetoric.
- : a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
Examples
There is chiasmus here, since privata is contrasted with honoratis and quieta with claris.
For the more complicated forms of chiasmus consult Ngelsbach, Stil.
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