Chrysti The Wordsmith: Chiasmus - 1

Readings from KGO FM in Bozeman Montana. I'm Christie the wordsmith. Star Kist doesn't want to know is with good taste starkest wants to know that tastes good. Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country. These quotations one piscatorial one profound have an important element in common a literary device known as C H I am M U S. Though the word may be uncommon in the concept it represents as familiar as most is the duplication of words in a phrase but in reverse order producing a sentence with two complimentary halves such as. Say what you mean and mean what you say. The MUs and the adjective Kayasth Dick derived from the Greek word for x. This letter draws a figure that captures the concept. If you stack the phrase eat to live on top of it's compliment. Don't live to eat and X traces the inversion of the key words of the two phrases writers philosophers and politicians of every era have used to provoke

educate and inspire. Curious about chaos. Check the splendid collection of quotations called Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you. By American psychologist and writer Dr. Marty Grove turned to the bibliography page of my website wordsmith radio dot org. For more information is spelled c h s m u s. I'm Christie the wordsmith. CHRISTIE The wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry sued web dot com.