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Mockery
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An absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something.
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Sarcasm
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The use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
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Understatement
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The presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is.
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Hyperbole
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
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Logical Fallacies
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An error of reasoning.
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Euphemism
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A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
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Caricature
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A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
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Situational Irony
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A type of emphasizing that human beings are enmeshed in forces beyond their comprehension and control.
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Verbal Irony
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When a character means to say on thing but its heard by others as something different.
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Dramatic Irony
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Irony that occurs whne the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
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Paradox
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A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable or self-contradictory.
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Juxtaposition
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The act of positioning close together especially for comparing or contrasting.
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