Glossary of Rhetoric Terms - U

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• Understatement. A form of irony, also called litotes, in which something is represented as less than it really is, with the intent of drawing attention to and emphasizing the opposite meaning.
• Universal audience. An audience consisting of all humankind (most specifically of adult age and normal mental capacity).

• Uomo Universale. The universal man.
• Utterance. Statement that could contain meaning about one's own person.