30 Examples of Tmesis

Tmesis

The tmesis is a literary or rhetorical figure which consists of inserting a word or a group of words in the middle of another word or another group of words. For instance: He will come before, Pablo told me, than expected.

In relation to a group of words, the thames occurs when a construction that constitutes a syntactic unit is fragmented. For instance: Home, everyone knew, green it was at the top of the mountain.In this case, the syntactic unit is “the green house”, but it was fragmented, because a group of words was inserted: “everyone knew it”.

In relation to the fragmentation of a word, there are two possibilities for tmesis to occur:

Characteristics of the tmesis

Examples of tmesis

1. The lord pointed toward, with all her hand not just with one finger, heaven.
2. She chose slow–
   mind The dressing
   for dinner
3. Everything was great: the scenery, the birds and the music– classical –AC.
4. But suddenly it was heard a, that was also seen, lightning.
5. It's going to be a day her– and I think you can't deny it –moso.
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6. Everything changed one day, and no more than one, for the other.
7. A beautiful afternoon was
   so much so that the hours are accelerates–
   Ron on this spring day
8. Look at all cab– brown –them run through the field.
9. The instructor them, for the third time, recommended not to go up the mountain on that rainy day.
10. There was not sign– and I only realize now –them of any kind.
11. Every day she remembered
    the old one cab–
    ña of his family
12. They walked through the field mom, and her kittens, cat.
13. The thief entered to, without anyone seeing it and without the alarm going off, the jewelry store.
14. The celes– heaven –tea, the watch– pasture –from and the blan– snow –AC: all that was the landscape.
15. No it, with so much interference, I'm listening and she realized that communication had been lost.
16. All participants were carries– well not all just some –Ron a prize.
17. It was a fight intergalac– space –ethics.
18. Sudden– showed up –mind Sun.
19. The man, who everyone knew, old man he walked and read aloud.
20. The gentleman believed the mission was impo– hard –sible.
21. She was SW–
    the waiting for someone to know aso–
    mara down the village road
22. The run– from the river –tea it propelled the boat.
23. But that, with the exact same words, comment I had already heard it from someone else.
24. The wait caused a mixture of feelings: happy– anguish –city.
25. A green, place where many travelers passed, hill.
26. It's like time, second to second, it will pass very slowly.
27. Water crista– green, blue, light blue and turquoise –lina from sea.
28. Field was, in all its extension, of all family members.
29. The handkerchief– silk or cotton –it green and purple.
30. The AC– home –sa it was the most important thing to Juliana.