20 Examples of Inversion Figures in Indonesian

After previously we have discussed kinds of figure of speech as alliteration figure of speech, anaclassic figure of speech, examples of climax and anticlimax figure of speech, parallelism, example of pleonasm figure of speech, example of preterito figure of speech, repetition, tautology, example of rhetorical figure of speech and example of corrective figure of speech, then it is the turn of inversion figure of speech which is also one of kinds of affirmations which we will describe.

Linguistically, inversion is the reversal of the arrangement of parts sentence or the use of unusual sentence structure. Therefore, inversion figure of speech or also called anastrophe is a form of stylelanguage where the sentence structure used is not like the usual arrangement of ordinary sentences. If the sentence structure is usually like the subject followed by the predicate and then the object, then in inversion figure of speech it is possible that the predicate is in front of the subject. Function from This figure of speech is to make the statement more assertive.

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Example of inversion figure of speech:

  • Dad goes to the office, can be changed to:
    • Go to dad's office
    • Go to dad's office
  • They play football, can be changed to:
    • Football they play
    • They play football
  • My brother is a soldier, can be changed to:
    • The soldier is my brother
    • A soldier my brother
  • My mother is a cook, can be changed to:
    • A cook my mother
    • The cook is my mother
  • Egi buy shoes, can be changed to:
    • Shoes bought by Egi
    • Egi bought those shoes
  • Morning has come, can be changed to:
    • It's morning.
  • My father is a pil0t, can be changed to:
    • A pilot my father
    • The pilot is my dad
  • We met last night, could be changed to:
    • Last night we met
  • Father is painting the house before Eid, can be changed to:
    • Towards Eid al-Fitr the house is being painted by Father
  • Aldi and Wita are cleaning the class, it can be changed to:
    • The class is being cleaned by Aldi and Wita.
  • The door will open at eight o'clock in the evening, can be changed to:
    • At eight o'clock the door will be opened
  • They are playing in the park, can be changed to:
    • In the garden they are playing.
  • The accident happened last night, could be changed to:
    • Last night there was an accident
  • Adi will go to Grandma's house on vacation later, can be changed to:
    • Later on vacation Adi will go to grandma's house
  • Uncle will sell the car he just bought, it can be changed to:
    • The car that uncle just bought will be sold
  • Yudi and Firman finally meet after a long separation, it can be changed to:
    • After a long time apart, Yudi and Firman finally meet again
  • Brand X releases the latest laptop at an affordable price relatively cheaper, can be changed to:
    • The latest laptops from the X brand are sold at relatively cheaper prices
    • Sold at a relatively cheap price, the latest laptop from the X brand
  • Last night's football match ended in a draw, can be changed to:
    • A draw is the end of last night's football match
  • Iman once dreamed of becoming a basketball player, which can be changed to:
    • Basketball player is Faith's dream first
  • As a result of staying up late Yudi fell asleep in class, it can be changed to:
    • Yudi fell asleep in class due to staying up late

Thus an explanation of some examples of inversion figure of speech in English Indonesia. May be useful.