fronting
n. uncountablen. moving a word or phrase to the very beginning of a sentence to give it more focus. You do this to emphasize a specific part of your message.
n. the movement of a constituent to the sentence-initial position to provide thematic emphasis or contrast. Often involves placing an object or adverbial before the subject and verb.
The teacher explained that fronting is a common way to highlight the setting of a story.
While standard English follows a subject-verb-object order, fronting allows a writer to shift the focus onto the complement, thereby creating a more dramatic or literary effect.
Commonly used in descriptive writing and formal oratory to establish a specific theme or contrast.
Fronting is when you are lying about who you are.Fronting is the act of moving a word to the start of a sentence.In a linguistics context, 'fronting' refers to word order, not the slang meaning of 'pretending' or 'acting tough'.