Thursday, March 15, 2007

!*POP*! Quiz

What rhetorical term applies perfectly to these lyrics from Wash Heights rapper Mims?


This is why I'm hot
I'm hot cuz I'm fly
You ain't cuz you not


HINT: It starts with a "T".

3 comments:

  1. Tautological!

    Or, maybe just tight.

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  2. "Tautology: In logic, a tautology is a statement which is true by its own definition, and is therefore fundamentally uninformative. Logical tautologies use circular reasoning within an argument or statement."

    "In rhetoric, use of redundant language that adds no information."

    I'm hot cuz I'm tautological
    You ain't cuz you ontological

    ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Ten points to Lolo for getting it first and five for Bribri for being cute.

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