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Chiasmus

Reversing structure in successive phrases for emphasis (A-B then B-A)

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Loop
Source
Classical rhetoric; JFK speeches
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Reversing structure in successive phrases for emphasis (A-B then B-A)

5 fields pending DB enrichment

These columns either grow organically as the pipeline observes the canon entry in real slides, or need manual enrichment in the source-of-truth DB. Surfaced here for transparency.

  • when_to_use
  • why_it_works
  • signals
  • antipattern
  • body_doc_id