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Christopher F
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Christopher F asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 2 years ago

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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And please, don't lecture me about the politics of 1961. I'm curious about the classification of that statement as a figure of speech. Thanks!

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago
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    Chiasmus.

    https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-ter...

  • ignoramus
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I would say that it is Antimetabole.

  • bluebellbkk
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    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
    2 years ago

    ljndlxtd

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