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Antimetabole

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jack10 May 12, 2019 0 Comments

Can I say that the sentence “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” is an example of an antimetabole?

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English Tutor2.75K Posted May 12, 2019 0 Comments

Yes, exactly as the full sentence has been reversed for rhetorical effects.

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