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3567192002euphemismsubstitution for a milder word0
3567192587hyperboleexaggeration1
3567193406litotes"not"; ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary2
3567195644syllepsissome word applied to two others in different senses3
3567196557chiasmuswords or phrases are repeated in reverse order4
3567197981metonymysubstitution of an attribute for the real thing5
3567198712synecdochepart = whole or vice versa6
3567199320aphorisma concise statement of a scientific observation7
3567200624anaphorause of a word replacing a word used earlier in the sentence8
3567201712apostrophespeaker addresses an absent person9
3567203073hypotheticalsquestions10
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