hipérbaton
hyperbaton
hyper-
over, above, beyond
+
baton
stick used by a conductor
Hipérbaton is a hyperbaton, a rhetorical device that can be remembered as hyper-0 (over, above0) + baton1, like a conductor's baton that moves words around in a sentence.
noun
- hyperbatonA rhetorical device in which the normal order of words is changed for emphasis or effect.El poeta usó el hipérbaton para dar énfasis a su verso. // The poet used hyperbaton to emphasize his verse.