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- 2. Periphrasis This is a device by which a longer phrase is used instead of a shorter
- 3. Periphrasis. Examples: The notion of king may be poetically represented as the protector of earls; the
- 4. Antonomasia This device consists in the use of a proper name instead of a common name
- 5. Antonomasia. Examples: Do not act like Mr. Bean (a famous British comedy character) = acting ridiculous/illogical
- 6. Euphemisms This term denotes the use of a different, more gentle or favourable name for an
- 7. Euphemisms. Examples: the verb to die may be replaced by euphemisms like: to expire, to be
- 8. Euphemisms. Peculiarities: Euphemistic expressions may have the structure of a sentence: China is a country where
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