hyperbaton
Pronunciations (2)
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/haɪˈpɜːbətɒn/
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haɪˈpɜːbətɒn
Noun
An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
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In real life we often see a man under the influence of rage, or fear, […] begin a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double back to his original statement […]Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.
Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
Usage- rhetoric
Noun
reversal of normal word order (as in ‘cheese I love’)
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