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Play on words
Pun
An author is purposely extreme, usually meant to emphasize a characteristic or description.
Hyperbole
The author uses an understatement to make serious situations funny
Comedic understatment.
when a writer uses a word or expression in place of something that could be considered offensive or unpleasent.
Euphamism
Verbal Irony
The audience knows something that some characters do not
Dramatic Irony
The author uses an understatement to downplay a great achievement.
Modest understatment
A type of metaphor when a nonhuman thing/idea is given human traits/characteristics/feelings.
Personification
The author uses a understatement to make a serious situation funny.
Polite understatment.
When an audience expects an event to occur but something else happens
Situational Irony
A saying commonly known in a particular culture whose meaning is not meant to be taken literally
Idiom
It contridicts itself but makes sense in the end
Paradox
A paradox created by 2 contridictory terms
Oxymoron
Jumbo shrimp
Oxymoron
I slept for a week after my soccer match
Hyperbole
Sure I'll jump off a bridge
Verbal Irony
In the movie, Anika turns to the dark side
Yes I won the premier league, but someone does every year.
Modest understatement
I'm very punny
Pun
The sun is kind of bright
Comedic understatment
Your not bad, your just not good
eupamism
It's raining cats and dogs
Idiom
You can only make money by spending money
Paradox
The cookie called out to me
Personification
Don't you think it would be a good idea not to jump off that roof
Polite understatment