FIGURE OF SPEECH:

LITOTES
Palmaera, Ayesa Amor
Llemit, Christian John
Mejia, Efren Russel
Roncales, Martin James
Suaybaguio, Zyrian Paul
What is Litotes?
• Litotes is a figure of speech featuring a phrase
 that utilizes negative wording or terms to
express a positive assertion or statement. Litotes
is a common literary device, most often used in
speech, rhetoric, and nonfiction. As a figure of
speech, the meaning of litotes is not literal.
 Some Examples of Litotes:
01 02
Philippines is not an All in all she wasn’t
ordinary country. a bad dancer.
It’s a special country. She was a good dancer.

03 04
You are not wrong. He is not the kindest
You’re right. person I've met.
He is a bad person.
How is Litotes important in
our daily lives?
• Litotes IS IMPORTANT for a
variety of reasons both in daily life
and literature to achieve different
effects and elicit different responses
from the listener/reader.
When will we use Litotes?
• A litotes is a roundabout way
of saying something, using the
opposite of your intended
meaning to illustrate what
you're trying to say
Where to use
Litotes?
• Litotes is used in literature as
a way for writers to
effectively convey an idea.
The reason they are so
effective is because listeners
or readers have to pause to
interpret the actual meaning
of the phrase, making it stick
even more.
 REFERENCES
https://literarydevices.net/

https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/engli
sh/lexis-and-semantics/litotes/

Kit Kittelstad/Staff writer

 QUIZ

GIVE 5 EXAMPLES OF
LITOTES