Homiologia

Homiologia

Definition: Homiologia, to use tedious and inane repetition throughout the text.

Origin: Greek from the words //homios// and //logia// meaning “like speech”.

Definition and Origin taken from Rhetoric.edu

Examples from Text

> "Grandmother, what big arms you have!" > "All the better to hug you with, my dear." > "Grandmother, what big legs you have!" > "All the better to run with, my child." > "Grandmother, what big ears you have!" > "All the better to hear with, my child." > "Grandmother, what big eyes you have!" > "All the better to see with, my child." > "Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!" > "All the better to eat you up with." From Charles Perrault's version of "Little Red Riding Hood"

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