Return of the Department of Redundancy Department: Scesis Onomaton
Scesis Onomaton, pronounced SKEE-sis uh-NO-muh-tahn, is a rhetorical device used to emphasize a point — often facetiously — by repeating the same idea in different words. For example:
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Department of Redundancy Department, Part 3: When Repetition Is OK
In our previous two discussions of redundancy, we covered tautology, which is using different words to say the same …
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The Department of Redundancy Department, Part 1: Tautology
Here’s a common problem most folks can’t put their finger on: the tautology.
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