The Weirdest Figures of Speech
20 items ranked
These figures of speech have great influence in various writing styles. In time, they have earned a place of their own in the larger list of rhetoric figures.
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1.
Pleonasm
1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
2.
Anaphora
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
3.
Zeugma
Try to remember this word! It will take you days.
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
4.
Hypotiposis
A lively description. More often than not, its name is weirder than its object of reference.
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
5.
Epanalepsis
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
6.
Movere
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
7.
Anadiplosis
The repetition of the last word of the previous close in the beginning of the following clause.
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
8.
Antanaclasis
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
9.
Hypallage
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
10.
Hyperbaton
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad - 1 comment
Comments:
Yoda talk, when word order gets scrambled.
Added 13 years ago by vlad, 0 points
11.
Prosopopoeia
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
12.
Asindeton
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
13.
Anacoluthon
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
14.
Prolixity
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
15.
Bustrophedon
Not exactly a figure of speech, but it can be argued.
0 points - added 13 years ago by vlad -
16.
Onomatopoeia
When sounds and noises become words. What can be better than this?
-1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
17.
Rhetorical question
Questions you ask, but don’t expect an answer. Good for just about any type of argumentation.
-1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
18.
Apostrophe
Talking to something or someone who is not there. Extremely effective in prose.
-1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
19.
Polyptoton
-1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
20.
Euphemism
-1 point - added 13 years ago by vlad -
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