These points are denied negatives, denied positives ( probably the most used ), creating litotes without negating anything, and creating litotes using a negative adjective.
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These points are denied negatives, denied positives ( probably the most used ), creating litotes without negating anything, and creating litotes using a negative adjective.
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That construction is actually notable because litotes, the assertion of a premise by the negation of its opposite, is one of the new language's few rhetorical tricks.
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"Obama has turned into President Rodney Dangerfield : He doesn't get no respect . ( For readers too young to remember Dangerfield, that's not litotes.
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The metaphors in her poetry serve as " coding ", or litotes, for meanings understood by other Blacks, but her themes and topics apply universally to all races.
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The metaphors in her poetry serve as " coding ", or litotes, for meanings understood by other Blacks, although her themes and topics are universal for most readers to understand.
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Elliptical, clipped, casual _ not always, but usually _ rapid-fire words in a grammar-impaired zone where spelling is erratic, participial clauses rare, rhetorical devices such as litotes all but extinct.
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Sylvester says that Angelou uses the same technique in " Letter to an Aspiring Junkie ", in which understatement contained in the repeated phrase " nothing happens " is a litotes for the prevalence of violence in society.
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Litotes, such as " not bad ", " not much " and " you're not wrong ", are also used, as are diminutives, which are commonly used and are often used to indicate familiarity.
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The word litotes is of Greek origin, meaning " the property of being light ( as opposed to heavy ) ", and is derived from the word " litos " meaning " plain, small or meager ".
