Is this an example of chiasmus: "We ran quickly and abruptly stopped."?

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Acquaintance
Jul 20, 2016

Yes

Explanation:

Chaismus requires a repeated reversed order of words. For example:

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." - Shakespeare

In this case, chaismus is present because of the reverse order of words, even though they are different words.

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