Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Army and the 34th President of the United States, was not only a remarkable soldier, but also a pivotal technician in the art of leadership.isenhower was a popular president throughout his two terms in office. With a campaign slogan that couldn't miss, I like Ike, Eisenhower and his vice president, Richard M. Nixon, posted landslide victories in both 1952 and 1956.
Definition. Litotes is a figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.Plural: litotes. Adjective: litotic.  Litotes describes the object to which it refers not directly, but through the negation of the opposite. . . .  2 The account given in various rhetorical textbooks reveals a picture of the rhetorical figure litotes which is--to put it aptly--'not very clear.' . . .
Noun. 1. rhetorical device-a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance). rhetoric-study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking). device-something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect.itotes, meiosis-understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes.