Literary Terms 1/20

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 Chiasmus-

A rhetorical or literary figure in which words words, and grammatical structures or concept repeated in reverse order.

For example- Works without show, and without pomp presides

Derived from the Greek  term for the letter X, or for a crossover.



Reference from:

Glossary of Literary Terms by M   H  Abrams

Oxford Dictionary Online.

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