rhetorical features of language

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abstract nouns
cannot be seen or touched
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anaphora (syntactic parallelism)
clauses beginning with the same word/set of words
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antithesis
contrast drawn between two opposing concepts or ideas
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euphemism
something unpleasant that might be described in less unpleasant terms
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hyperbole
exaggerative
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litotes
"intelligent" might be instead "not stupid"
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polysyndeton
adding conjunctions where they could have been missed out
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tricolon
list of 3
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Card 2

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anaphora (syntactic parallelism)

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clauses beginning with the same word/set of words

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antithesis

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Card 4

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euphemism

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Card 5

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hyperbole

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