| Examples Help! What is the definition of Pleonasm? How do you define Pleonasm? What is a Pleonasm? The word derives from the Greek word meaning 'excess'. Plural: pleonasms. The definition of Pleonasm is as follows: |
| English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Pleonasm - a poetic device | | Definition: Using more words than necessary Examples: "a tiny little child" or "I saw it with my own eyes." | | Definition of Pleonasm - a poetic device |
Examples of Pleonasm in Literature, Poems & Poetry Poems with Pleonasm examples can be found by the most famous poets including John Milton - Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar: "This was the most unkindest cut of all."
- Paradise Lost by John Milton: "From that day mortal, and this happie State/ Shalt loose, expell'd from hence into a World/ Of woe and sorrow"
- "O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me - Psalm 3:1
- “On His Blindness” by John Milton: “Nor to these idle orbs does day appear Or sun or moon, or stars, through the year/Or man or woman."
- "Beyond the garage were some decorative trees trimmed as carefully as poodle dogs."鈥"Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep.
Examples Help! Use of Pleonasm in Poems & Poetry Examples of Pleonasm can be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment to literary works.
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Examples Help - Figures of Speech - Pleonasm In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like Pleonasm make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing effectively. Figures of speech such as Pleonasm use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense. | |
Examples Help! Using Pleonasm Figures of speech such as Pleonasm adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration, exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts and info about Figures of Speech will help with the understanding of this subject. | |
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