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libbylover03
libbylover03 asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

is there a literary term for when somebody doesnt tell the whole truth or beats around the bush????

i am reading to kill a mocking bird and i need literary terms for the rest of the book...im on chapter 14.

but is there a lit. term for when somebody leaves out parts of the truth or beats around the bush???

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  • kevin k
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    equivocation

  • concernedjean
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Vague

    Avoidance

    Deliberately misleading

    Not the whole truth

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Stalling, hedging, evasion, half-truths, verbal manipulation.

  • frizzytail77
    1 decade ago

    procrastination

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