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#2558 - 05/18/00 07:29 AM Is there a literary term for....
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Posts: 1 ... Is there a literary term for.... when a phrase contains a redundant term, for example "very unique" "baby kitten" etc.,
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#2559 - 05/18/00 09:55 AM Re: Is there a literary term for....
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Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: this too shall pass in Rhetoric, I think this is called a pleonasm, the use of more words than necessary to convey an idea (not to be confused with a tautology, needless repetition of an idea :)
tsuwm
Dept. of Pleonasm Dept.
Iowa City, IA
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#2560 - 05/19/00 08:05 AM Re: Is there a literary term for....
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Registered: 03/15/00
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Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Tsuwm,
Have you moved, and changed your residence?
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