synchysis
Sign in to saveSynchysis is a rhetorical technique wherein words are intentionally scattered to create bewilderment, or for some other purpose. By disrupting the normal course of a sentence, it forces the audience to consider the meaning of the words and the relationship between them.
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Synchysis is a rhetorical technique wherein words are intentionally scattered to create bewilderment, or for some other purpose. By disrupting the normal course of a sentence, it forces the audience to consider the meaning of the words and the relationship between them.
== Examples == "I run and shoot, quickly and accurately." "Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear" – Alexander Pope, "Epistle II. To a Lady" (1743) "When earthquakes swallow, or when tempests sweep,Towns to one grave, whole nations to the deep" – Alexander Pope, Essay on Man. (That is, "When earthquakes swallow towns to one grave, or when tempests sweep whole nations to the deep".)