Which figure of speech is used in the following text?



Although the author Norman Mailer is no longer with us, his writings live on.

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Responses

oxymoron
oxymoron

simile
simile

onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia

euphemism

1 answer

The figure of speech used in the text is a euphemism. The phrase "is no longer with us" is a gentle way of saying that Norman Mailer has passed away.