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Anastrophe is an inversion of the natural word order in a sentence to provide special emphasis. It moves words like adjectives, verbs, or objects to unexpected places for effect. Examples include rearranging phrases like "his worn and blistered feet" or placing the verb before the subject as in "Glistens the dew upon the morning grass." Famous works like Pulp Fiction and Slaughterhouse Five also use anastrophe through backwards sequencing of events.

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Anastrophe Powerpoint

Anastrophe is an inversion of the natural word order in a sentence to provide special emphasis. It moves words like adjectives, verbs, or objects to unexpected places for effect. Examples include rearranging phrases like "his worn and blistered feet" or placing the verb before the subject as in "Glistens the dew upon the morning grass." Famous works like Pulp Fiction and Slaughterhouse Five also use anastrophe through backwards sequencing of events.

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Anastrophe

Anastrophe
• Inversion of the natural word order
• Used in order to provide special emphasis
because the expected emphasis is not found
at the beginning of the sentence
• It is a type of Hyperbaton
• He looked down at his feet, worn and
blistered.
–He looked down at his worn and blistered
feet.
–The adjective comes after the noun that
is modified
• Glistens the dew upon the morning
grass.
–The dew glistens upon the morning grass.
–Verb is placed before the subject
• Two dogs, they own.
–They own two dogs.
–The object comes before the verb
Anastrophe Examples
• Quentin Tarentino's film Pulp Fiction and Kurt Vonnegut's
novel Slaughterhouse Five are both examples of Anastrophe
due to their backwards sequence of events.

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