Antimetabole and Chiasmus

There is a form of rhetoric that is suprrisingly effective at persuading people to adopt beliefs regardless of their accuracy. These are called "antimetabole." They are not necessarily inherently wrong, but we'll explain how to spot them and determine how they are trying to manipulate you. 

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Links and References: 

1. https://mralancooper.medium.com/antimetabole-1d95057c9658
2. https://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/A/antimetabole.htm
3. https://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/antimetabole.htm
4. https://www.southfloridawriters.org/post/antimetaboles-and-chiasmuses-and-expletives-oh-my
5. https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/antimetabole
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimetabole 
7. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-humanities/articles/10.3389/fdigh.2018.00010/full 
8. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6050388/ 
9. https://gretchenschmelzer.com/blog-1/2015/1/11/understanding-learning-and-memory-the-neuroscience-of-repetition 

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