Language Flashcards
1
Q
Genteel circumlocutions
A
‘I perspire’ not ‘I sweat’ - mitch scene 6
2
Q
Aphorisms
A
‘Words of wisdom’ - Short statements of insight and truth
e.g. lord henry’s paradoxical EPIGRAMS
Genteel circumlocutions
‘I perspire’ not ‘I sweat’ - mitch scene 6
Aphorisms
‘Words of wisdom’ - Short statements of insight and truth
e.g. lord henry’s paradoxical EPIGRAMS