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    Adynaton is a literary device that uses an impossible or near impossible scenario to emphasize a point or show intensity. It is similar to a hyperbole but takes the exaggeration to the point where the event described could not actually occur. Common adynatons include phrases like "when pigs fly" or "it's raining cats and dogs" to stress that something will never happen or is extremely unlikely.

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    Adynaton is a literary device that uses an impossible or near impossible scenario to emphasize a point or show intensity. It is similar to a hyperbole but takes the exaggeration to the point where the event described could not actually occur. Common adynatons include phrases like "when pigs fly" or "it's raining cats and dogs" to stress that something will never happen or is extremely unlikely.

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    Adynaton is a literary device that uses an impossible or near impossible scenario to emphasize a point or show intensity. It is similar to a hyperbole but takes the exaggeration to the point where the event described could not actually occur. Common adynatons include phrases like "when pigs fly" or "it's raining cats and dogs" to stress that something will never happen or is extremely unlikely.

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    ADYNATON

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    An overly exaggerated phrase. Like a hyperbole, but to the point


    where the event is impossible or near impossible. It is often used to
    emphasize a point or show the intensity of something.

    it’s
    raining
    cats &
    When pigs fly dogs

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