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title: "Litotes, Antithesis, Rhetorical Question"
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# Litotes, Antithesis, Rhetorical Question

> Litotes is a stylistic device consisting of a peculiar use of negative construction. The negation pl...

** Litotes** is a stylistic device consisting of a peculiar use of negative construction. The negation plus noun or adjective serves to establish a positive feature in a person or thing.

![Litotes, Antithesis, Rhetorical Question](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/dariya2406/1fO12G37wPTmb8d4Rgqqph54ZhfS2E.jpg)

** Antithesis** emphasizes the contrast between two ideas. The structure of the phrases / clauses is usually similar in order to draw the reader's / listener's attention directly to the contrast.

![Litotes, Antithesis, Rhetorical Question](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/dariya2406/A9Gn1fEclB18U99X5k02L60r8nPppc.jpg)

** Rhetorical Question **a question to which the answer is obvious and there­fore not expected. In reality rhetorical questions are a kind of statement.

![Litotes, Antithesis, Rhetorical Question](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/dariya2406/i482o0Y1wlMh82KQ4vdeJjB8xWV5Ao.jpg)

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