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| hy-per'-ba-ton | from Gk. hyper, "over" and
bainein, "to step" Also sp. hiperbaton transgressio trespasser, transposition |
- An inversion of normal word order. A generic term for a variety of figures involving transposition (see below), it is sometimes synonymous with anastrophe.
- Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
Example (of #1)
Adriana asks regarding men in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors:
Why should their liberty than ours be more?
Related Figures
- Figures of disorder
- General Rhetorical Strategies: Transposition
