answersLogoWhite

0

AllQ&AStudy Guides
Best answer

An antimetabole is a rhetorical device accentuated by the reversal of words, actions, or grammatical structure.

This answer is:
Related answers

An antimetabole is a rhetorical device accentuated by the reversal of words, actions, or grammatical structure.

View page

An example of an antimetabole in "Cry, the Beloved Country" is the line "Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear" where the words "Cry" and "beloved country" are repeated in reverse order. This rhetorical device is used to emphasize the sorrow and concern for future generations in South Africa.

View page

It's a figure of speech where the second half of the clause is repeated or restated similarly in reverse.

Ex: I want what I like and I like what I want.

View page

Personification: "Time's fell hand", "buried age", "hungry ocean", "ruin hath taught me."

Antimetabole: "Increasing store with loss and loss with store."

Metaphor: "The kingdom of the shore"

View page

John Fitzgerald Kennedy the 35th President.

View page
Featured study guide
📓
See all Study Guides
✍️
Create a Study Guide
Search results