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vocab
What are common French rhetorical figures?
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Model answer
Métaphore, métonymie, synecdoque, anaphore, chiasme, oxymore, hyperbole, litote, euphémisme, prosopopée. E.g. "Cette obscure clarté qui tombe des étoiles" (oxymore, Corneille).
Why
Literary texts test these constantly. Learn to identify and produce them.
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