I know there's a word for it - when a key idea is repeated thrice, for example: His behaviour was so wicked, so disobedient, so immoral, that he was severely punished.
or
How many times has he dropped a glass, by some accident, some bad chance, some coincendence.
Please help!
2007-04-30 23:51:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Answer is a SINGLE word
2007-05-01 00:18:22 · update #1
Parallellism.
i.e.: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
2007-05-01 01:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by jermaine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run on...not a single word but the only thing that comes to mind.
2007-05-01 01:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tautologically tedious.
2007-04-30 23:56:19 · answer #3 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
criminal for the first one and clumbsy for the second
2007-05-01 00:01:06 · answer #4 · answered by kissybertha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋