Daily Archives: April 24, 2010

Antimetabole

Antimetabole (an-ti-me-ta’bo-lee): Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.

Like what you want. Want what you like. Be satisfied with what you get.

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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)