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rhetorical devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| oxymoron | a word or phrase that contains opposites |
| litotes | specific type of understatement that tells what something is by describing what it isn't. |
| antithesis | a pair of statements or images in which one reverses the other. |
| paradox | a phrase/concept that seems to contradict itself. |
| juxtaposition | placement of two unlike things next to each other ti bring out their differences and show contrast. |