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When everyone's super, no one will be.
What is a Paradox
We have had very drastic inventory
What is an Euphemisms
The author uses an understatement to make a serious situation funny.
What is Comedic/Ironic
Crane(Bird and Machine)
What is Homographs
Im so hungry, I could eat a horse
What is Allusion
Raining cats and dogs
What is an Idiom
The childeren fight like cats and dogs
What is a simile
An author references a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work that the audience should be able to recognize
What is Allusion
Does the child expect Mom to make him a meal he likes
What is Comdeic/Ironic understatement
Life is a rollercoaster
What is metaphor
The dentist got a cavity
Situational Irony
Bill Gates wins a computer in a contest
A type of metaphor when a nonhuman thing/idea is given human traits/characteristics/feelings
What is personification
The author uses an understatement to defuse a tense/uncomfortable situation.
What is Polite understatement
The flowers danced in the wind
What is personifcation
The suitcase weghed a ton
What is an Hyperbole
I can't wait to start writing these forty-seven reptort
What is a verbal irony
An author purposely exaggerates to an extreme.
What is a Hyperbole
The author uses an understatement to downplay a great achievement.
What is modest understatement
Cite and Sight
What is Homophones
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.
What is a pun
Big baby
Oxymorons
A saying/phrase commonly known in a particular culture whose meaning is not meant to be taken literally
what is a Idiom
Ive had worse
What is a understatment
In Romeo and juliet, the adience knows Juliet is pretending to be dead, but Romeo believes she is truly dead, leading to his own demise and the play's tragic conclusion.
What is dramtic irony