Saturday, 23 May 2020

Identify any of the rhetorical devices you find in the following from the previous section of the text (euphemisms, dysphemisms, weaselers, downplayers)

Identify any of the rhetorical devices you find in the following from the previous section of the text (euphemisms, dysphemisms, weaselers, downplayers).
Not every example may contain such a device.
1. You say you are in love with Oscar, but are you sure he’s right for you?
Isn’t he a little too . . . uh, mature for you?
2. He was at the bar for two hours, officer, but I know he had only four drinks during that time.
3. “The key principle is ‘responsible energy exploration.’ And remember, it’s NOT drilling for oil. It’s responsible energy exploration.”
 4. Of course, it may be that Roethlisberger didn’t even commit the assaults he was accused of.
 5. Try the Neutron Diet for just four weeks, and you can lose as many as twenty pounds!
 6. Republicans stand on principle against the irresponsible plans put forth by environmental extremists to wreck the economy.
 7. “Despite what many politicians continue to say, the success of the surge strategy put in place by Generals Petraeus and Odierno is undeniable.”
—House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio)
 8. Obama and his Democrat-Communist party have bloated the already bloated federal bureaucracy by 25% in ONE YEAR.
 9. Charles, be sure to tinkle before we leave!
10. Him? Oh, that’s just my brother.

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