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Dictionary of language and linguistics 524Bers, V. 1974. Enallage and Greek style. Leiden.figure of speechReferenceshyperbaton [Grk hypérbatos ‘transposedinverted’]Any intended deviation from ordinary word order. Kant used hyperbaton in writing Fromsuch crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.Deviation from the expected word order can add emphasis or be used to create arhetorical effect by violating the reader’s expectations. Rabelais thus wrote Few andsignally blest are those whom Jupiter has destined to be cabbage planters.figure of speechReferenceshyperbole [Grk ‘overshouting,exaggeration, overstrained phrase’]Rhetorical trope. An exaggerated description intended to ellicit alienation, revaluation, orany kind of emotional reaction, e.g. snail’s pace, dead tired, heart of steel. ( alsolitotes)figure of speechReferences