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Schemes of Word Order

Figures that achieve effect through unusual or unexpected arrangement of words.

5 figures across 1 subcategory

Syntactic Rearrangement

Departures from standard word order for rhetorical emphasis or effect.

B A instead of A B — inverted normal order

Inversion of the normal word order of a sentence, typically placing an adjective after its noun or a verb before its subject.

A (—aside—) B — interrupting insertion

Insertion of a word, phrase, or clause into a sentence as an aside or explanation, interrupting the normal flow.

X, [equivalent], ... — explanatory noun beside noun

Placing a noun or noun phrase next to another as an explanatory equivalent, without a conjunction.

A...B where A B normally adjacent — separated for emphasis

Deliberate separation of words that naturally belong together, or extreme disruption of expected word order for emphasis.

B then A instead of A then B — inverted temporal/logical order

Reversal of the logical or chronological order of events, placing what should come last first.