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Understatement If you were to adopt my method, might land you in a very uncomfortable position. (42) In understatement the diction plays down the magnitude or value of the subject. In overstatement the diction exaggerates the subject. … with one of entertainment-type women at the party. (Para. 9) Euphemism: the substitution of mild or vague or roundabout expression for harsh or direct one. Euphemism More examples Euphemism: more examples Americans increasingly see an economic divide between the haves and have-nots, according to a new poll that also finds a majority of people dissatisfied with the countrys direction. I should have said that reticence was not your strong point. Euphemism: more examples The Senior Citizens Secretariat is the provincial government agency responsible for coordinating the planning and development of policies, programs and services for seniors. Nobody disputes the need to answer natures most basic call, but some wonder who should foot the bill for an adequate supply of public toilets. Diction Polysyndeton连词叠用 No one needs beds and chairs and such furniture. He was welcomed and honored and flattered. As the market place filled up with shoppers and merchants and slaves and foreigners, he had strolled through it for an hour or two. Stress each detail Polysyndeton: repetition of conjunctions in close succession, which has a cumulative effect Diction : more examples Polysyndeton He was a philosopher who wrote plays and poems and essays expounding his doctrine. He spent much of his life in the…, mocking and satirizing its people, and occasionally converting one of them. Rhetorical question Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a large number of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? (16) How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease and death even to his own kind? Rhetoric