Hyperbole

e.g.: I have to trouble you, I’d love to do it, A thousand pardons, Haven’t seen you for ages, It’s absolutely maddening, I’s a nightmare, etc.

6.Litote(s) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

e .g. not half bad (good), no coward (brave); -Long time since we met.

-It’s a bit, isn’t it?

Amelioration (elevation)______________________________________________________________________________

e.g. OE cwen(woman) > queen

OE chiht (a young servant) > knight

OE gentleman (a man of high (gentle) birth)> an honourable and well-bred person

OE nice, (foolish) >fine, good

OE lord (master of the house, head of the family) >baronet

OE lady (married woman, mistress of the house) > wife or daughter of baronet

8.Pejoration (degradation) _____________________________________________________________________________

e .g. OE villain (peasant) > villain (scoundrel)

OE clown (peasant, farmer) > clown

OE silly (happy) > foolish

OE marshal (manservant attending horses) > the highest rank in the army