something said meant to call something without mentioning it

a dominant idea

a statement that leads to a self-contradictory conclusion

indirect expression substituted for one considered too harsh

someone's thoughts and conscious reactions to events in a continuous flow

sentence structure

word choice

a question asked to create effect rather than to get an answer

the fact of two things being seen together with contrasting effect

statement where contradictory terms appear in conjunction

saying something smaller or worse than it actually is