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Address & Argument

Metabasis

meh-TAB-uh-sis / mɛˈtæbəsɪs

A brief transition that sums up what has been said and previews what comes next: 'So much for the causes; now the consequences.' The argument showing the reader its map.

"So much for the causes; now for the consequences."

Don't confuse it with. Metanoia revises a statement; metabasis merely pivots between sections.

Drill its family — Address & Argument

In the Reader — 1 excerpt

of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and
— Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · open the passage →

The rest of the family

Rhetorical Question Apostrophe Invocation Aphorism Enthymeme Correctio / Epanorthosis Parrhesia Amplificatio Aporia Enargeia / Vivid Specificity