Figures of speech. What is the name 4 this expression, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country?"?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Chiasmus.

https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/chiasmus

ignoramus · Answer

I would say that it is Antimetabole.

bluebellbkk · Answer

I will lecture you only for your use of the figure '4' instead of the word 'for'  - in a section devoted to Words.

And by the way, there is no question mark at the end of the famous quotation. It is not a question, but a command:  ... "ask what you can do for your country."

Anonymous · Answer

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Figures of speech. What is the name 4 this expression, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country?"?

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