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title: "Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement."
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# Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.

> Epithet is an unusual description of a phenomenon. Periphrasis is a roundabout way of referring to ...

** Epithet** is an unusual description of a phenomenon.

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/GCKcTVadx16ShGpAIj7350t1c110n4.jpg)

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](http://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/d7o3R2CRoDlj7A94tAG1O8G7A2Fwk8.gif)

**Periphrasis** is a roundabout way of referring to something by means of several words instead of naming it directly in asingle word or phrase.

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/2a7If25LP8xFKZkFdipa0L8PP49llI.jpg)

one more example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8u0Ovgdzg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8u0Ovgdzg)

 

**Euphemism **is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener.

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/Qca1ZA9W70cvjRsm98aO4DnpW7u7Ex.jpg)

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/Sh6nZxlWT7spRjOQmxAaayaIV53Tp4.jpg)

**Oxymoron ** is a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in *a deafening silence* and *a mournful optimist.*

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![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/CK6f2U3y09Q8BIQ4qnh8RQ14C3HvB2.jpg)

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/eAgwsdGjwE0Aae497O4zlPzUkL8RAF.jpg)

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**Hyperbole ** is the use of [exaggeration](http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/11870357) as a [rhetorical device](http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/141283) or [figure of speech](http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/47345). It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/88HXWkd3tz0zpWlr59gkY9T353Xj0P.jpg)

**Understatement **is a form of irony in which something is intentionally represented as less than it is. Contrast with hyperbole.

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/WThYtPJeCxUD1n4W0a3wxonS6ej34I.jpg)

![Epithet, periphrasis, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole and understatement.](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/L7ESd2E9BTq0zLVUx5b45A6pmv0r6g.jpg)

Information is taken from: [http://www.answers.com/topic/periphrasis](http://www.answers.com/topic/periphrasis#ixzz2N2wyLKxA)

http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/5552

[http://www.answers.com/topic/oxymoron#ixzz2N30KJxpq](http://www.answers.com/topic/oxymoron#ixzz2N30KJxpq)

http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/123365

[http://www.answers.com/topic/understatement#ixzz2N32KK5Xt](http://www.answers.com/topic/understatement#ixzz2N32KK5Xt)

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Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/epithet-periphrasis-euphemism-oxymoron-hyperbole-and-understatement-341353](https://yvision.kz/post/epithet-periphrasis-euphemism-oxymoron-hyperbole-and-understatement-341353)