Litotes Rhetorical Device in Writing

Litotes consists of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. Examples: Hada was not unaware of Samuel’s manipulation. She didn’t dislike it. Lev was not a little upset. Litotes describes the object to which it refers not directly, but through negation of the opposite. The meaning is not clear. The […]

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