What does chiasmus mean? What is an example?

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Jade
Apr 25, 2018

Chiasmus is a device in which two sentences are written against each other reversing their structure.

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Where A is the first topic repeated, and B occurs twice in between.

Examples can be “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”
Another one by John F. Kennedy is "ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country".

Hope this helps :)

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