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Posted By:
Simoon
Is there a literary term for....
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05/18/00
11:29 AM
... Is there a literary term for.... when a phrase contains a redundant term, for example "very unique" "baby kitten" etc.,
Thanks
David
Posted By:
tsuwm
Re: Is there a literary term for....
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05/18/00
01:55 PM
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
Posted By:
Jackie
Re: Is there a literary term for....
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05/19/00
12:05 PM
Tsuwm,
Have you moved, and changed your residence?
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