/kaɪˈæzməs/  |  kye-AZ-muss

This is a fun one. Chiasmus occurs when parallel phrases/clauses are syntactically or semantically inverted.  It can be as simple as reversing parts of speech (such as the order of a verb and its adverb), or it can set up statements with poetic symmetry.  Probably better explained by showing than telling.

Examples:

• I hate that the slog exists, and what it does I despise.
• I wish that the slog would suddenly disappear and die horribly.
• From a muse you get inspiration; you only get inhibition from the slog.
• The slog is stupid like a rock, but like a boulder it can crush you.

Chiasmus.  Use it.

Bene scribete.
 

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