When you strip a phrase or sentence of nonessential words that the audience expects or with which they are so familiar that they will mentally fill them in,you are using inversion.

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Inversion involves reversing the typical word order of a sentence for emphasis, such as "Hardworking and intelligent is John" instead of "John is hardworking and intelligent." Stripping nonessential words from a sentence is called ellipsis.

When You Strip a Phrase or Sentence of Nonessential Words