Here's an extract from The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (you may have noticed by now she's my favourite writer =)). Identify variations in the word order structure:
It's a low art, tale-telling.
Patient, they used to call me.
It is to this episode, or rather to my
knowledge of it, that I attribute
my reserve, as well as my mistrust of
other people's intentions.
I know it isn't me they are after,
not Penelope the Duck.
It is true that I sometimes doubted
their existence, these gods.
But during my lifetime I considered
it prudent not to take any risks.
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It's a low art, tale-telling.(noun phrase tag)
ResponderEliminarPatient, they used to call me.(fronting DO)
It is to this episode, or rather to my
knowledge of it, that I attribute
my reserve, as well as my mistrust of
other people's intentions.(cleft)
I know it isn't me they are after,
not Penelope the Duck.(cleft)
It is true that I sometimes doubted
their existence, these gods.(noun phrase tag and extraposition)
But during my lifetime I considered
it prudent not to take any risks(extraposition)