3- Abstraction
You’ll have to utilize so-called white lies on a regular basis to disguise unpleasant realities (more or less) smoothly. We employ euphemisms like these to keep the issue under control, mostly to avoid emotional outbursts. For example, we frequently say “before I depart” rather than “before I die,” which has a more soothing sense.
It’s a common language solution that may be found in both regular interactions and literary works. When we say “pregnancy termination” instead of “abortion” or “casualties of war” instead of “dead,” we are abstracting well-known facts.
4 Litotes
Litotes is a figure of speech that uses understatements to emphasize the exact opposite of the actual situation. It is one of the writers’ favourites. Despite its complexity, litotes is simple to explain using examples: not particularly brilliant – dumb; not a prom queen – ugly; not bad at all – fantastic. It’s all about the irony in this case because the writers aren’t trying to make fun of anything. On the contrary, they are more vividly communicating new traits or thoughts in this manner. The new detail will scarcely go ignored by Litotes.