Editing Words of Mormon (section)

=== Style ===
[[Donald W. Parry]] broke up the Book of Mormon into its chiastic and other poetic patterns. In Words of Mormon he identified two instances of [[chiasmus]]: The first appears in verses 3-11 with an “ABcbcacababCDEFFEDCBabcA” pattern; the second is in verses 15-16 with an “abcabc” pattern.{{sfn|Parry|2007|pp=156-157}}

In an article about the Words of Mormon, Benjamin Keogh searches for meaning in Mormon's frequent use of "these." Mormon, he suggests, may be referencing prophets, holy men, or the plates themselves.{{sfn|Keogh|2018|pp=298-303}}