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Poll: Anaphora, Epiphora...

A poll by ElMaruecan82
An anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, an epiphora is the same thing but at the end.

Which of these classic movie quotes consisting of such repetitions is your personal favorite?

You can read the options here. You can think here. You can vote here. You might discuss the list here

(see that was an anaphora with "You can" and an epiphora with "here")

Results of 359 votes:

  1. 1.

    Goodfellas (1990)

     
    "What do you mean, funny? Funny how? How'm I funny??...How the f--k am I funny? What the f--k is so funny about me? Tell me? Tell me what's funny!..." (TOMMY DEVITO)
  2. 2.

    The Dark Knight (2008)

     
    "He turns to me and says, "Why so serious?" Comes at me with the knife."WHY SO SERIOUS?" He sticks the blade in my mouth... "Let's put a smile on that face." And... …
  3. 3.

    Fight Club (1999)

     
    "Gentlemen, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club!" (TYLER DURDEN)
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