Jurassic Park vocabulary

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Antithesis

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A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

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Euphemism

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A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.