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#2558 - 05/18/00 07:29 AM Is there a literary term for....
Simoon stranger Registered: 05/18/00 Posts: 1	... Is there a literary term for.... when a phrase contains a redundant term, for example "very unique" "baby kitten" etc., Thanks David
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#2559 - 05/18/00 09:55 AM Re: Is there a literary term for....
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 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 http://members.aol.com/tsuwm
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#2560 - 05/19/00 08:05 AM Re: Is there a literary term for....
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Tsuwm, Have you moved, and changed your residence?
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