Litotes

Litotes is a figurative language of ____

• Exaggeration

• Understatement

• Opposite

• Negative

The word litotes came from the Greek word litos which means ______

• simple

• negative

• opposite

• positive

Litotes is _______

• used as a literary device to assert similarity.

• invokes strong emotions through the exaggerations.

• a figure of speech that uses negative terms to express a positive statement.

• a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things.

Which of the following is an example of litotes?

• She was mad with the result.

• He is not like his brother.

• He is not exactly rich.

• It wasn't a terrible trip.

She is not the brightest bulb in the box.

• it is an example of litotes

• it is not an example of litotes

Those ideas on the matter are not useless.

• it is an example of litotes

• it is not an example of litotes

The trip across the mountain was a hard journey.

• It is an example of litotes

• It is not an example of litotes

Which of the following is a possible purpose of litotes?

• enables a person to diffuse an awkward or serious matter in an low-key and inoffensive way

• to make an argument persuasive

• to criticize someone or something directly

• highlight the extreme nature of the event

Which of the following is not a negative word?

• no

• not

• never

• always

Which of the following is NOT an example of litotes?

• Philippines is no ordinary country.

• She is not unkind.

• The city is not clean.

• I can’t disagree with your logic.