Allusions
Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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- devices and allusions
- devices and litotes
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- flowers and litotes
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- parallels and litotes
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- expressions and litotes
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- ornaments and litotes
- metaphors and allusions
- metaphors and litotes
- images and allusions
- images and litotes
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