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Showcase the most creative and impactful figures of speech used in writing or speech. Whether it's metaphors, similes, hyperboles, or other rhetorical devices, submit your favorites for a chance to be recognized as the coolest!

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AustinHatfield_1

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Anadiplosis

A rhetorical device where the last word of a clause or sentence is repeated at the beginning of the next clause or sentence, creating a connection and emphasis.

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

Yoda, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

ZlatkoJovii

#2 Ranked Submission

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Grammatical syllepsis

A figure of speech in which a single word is used in relation to two parts of a sentence although grammatically or logically applying to only one. By definition, grammatical syllepsis will often be grammatically "incorrect" according to traditional grammatical rules. However, such solecisms are sometimes not errors but intentional …

"He works his work, I mine"

from Alfred Tennyson's poem "Ulysses"

ZlatkoJovii

#1 Ranked Submission

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Slavic antithesis

A stylistic device used in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Macedonian epic poetry. It is usually implemented at the beginning of the poem and consists of three parts: a question is asked, then a negative answer is given, and finally the real explanation is provided. The first two parts of the …

"What is white on the green mountain?
Is it snow, or is it swans?
If it were snow, it would have melted,
If it were swans, they would have flown away.
It is not snow, it is not swans.
It is the tent of Hasan-aga."

from "Hasanaginica"

AustinHatfield_1

#4 Ranked Submission

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Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences to create emphasis or rhythmic effect.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

ZlatkoJovii

#5 Ranked Submission

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Asyndeton

A literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses.

"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall …

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