In rhetoric, chiasmus (/ k aɪ ˈ æ z m ə s / ky-AZ-məs) or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα chiásma, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ"), …

Chiasmus is a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. Definition, Usage and a list …

Chiasmus is a figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in …

The meaning of CHIASMUS is an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go).

2023年1月31日 · Chiasmus is defined as a literary device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order. It comes from a Greek word meaning …

2024年9月30日 · Chiasmus is a two-part sentence or phrase, where the second part is a reversal of the first. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” is a simple example of this …

2024年11月22日 · Chiasmus is a type of parallelism that structures sentences in a symmetrical X shape. It focuses on the mirrored arrangement of elements in the sentence. The “chi” in …

2020年11月4日 · Chiasmus is the reversing of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases or sentences. This rhetorical device is also referred to as reverse parallelism or …

Chiasmus comes from a Greek word meaning “crossed,” and it refers to a grammatical structure that inverts a previous phrase. That is, you say one thing, and then you say something very …

2024年10月30日 · Chiasmus is a powerful rhetorical and literary device that leads the reader or hearer into the comparison and back out. It emphasizes what the writer wants to …