What is another word for hyperbaton?
Pronunciation: [hˈa͡ɪpəbˌatən] (IPA) 
Hyperbaton refers to the rhetorical device in which the conventional word order of a sentence or phrase is reversed or rearranged. While this term is specific to this particular stylistic device, there are several synonyms for it which may provide a better understanding of the concept. These synonyms include inversion, anastrophe, transposition, and rearrangement. They all refer to a re-ordering of words to achieve a particular linguistic effect. Hyperbaton, however, is arguably the most commonly used term as it is used specifically to refer to this kind of deviation from conventional syntax to achieve a specific communicative effect in rhetoric and literature.
