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7278995829Irony(dramatic)Character's words or actions are clear to audience or reader although unknown to the character.0
7278995830Irony(situational)Actions have effect that is opposite from what was intended.1
7278995831Irony (verbal)Words express something contrary to the truth.2
7278995832SatireUse of humor irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize people's stupidity.3
7278995833ParodyImitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.4
7278995834AbsurdityThe quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable.5
7278995835ParadoxA statement that leads to a self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion.6
7278995836Cognitive dissonanceThe state of having and inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitude, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.7
7278995837Non SequiturA conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.8
7278995838ImpressionAn opinion about something or someone formed without conscious thought or on the basis of a little evidence; imitation of a person or thing.9
7278995839MisunderstandingA disagreement; failure to understand something correctly.10
7278995840PunA job exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.11
7278995841LitotesAn affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary.12
7278995842HecklingInterrupting (a public speaker) with aggressive comments or abuse.13
7278995843Black comedy (discomfort with truth)Comedy containing bitter jokes about the unpleasant aspects of life.14
7278995844SchadenfreudePleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.15
7278995845Contrast/juxtapositionTwo things being seen close together with contrasting effect.16
7278995846Hyperbole/escalationExaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.17
7278995847Bon motA witty remark.18
7278995848CaricatureA picture or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic effect.19
7278995849Double blunder/relapseBad move caused by tactical oversight such as carelessness or overconfidence.20
7278995850EpigramA pithy remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.21
7278995851FarceCa comic dramatic work using buffoonery horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.22
7278995852Common groundOpinions or interest shared by each of two or more parties.23
7278995853Freudian slipAn error in speech, memory, or physical action that is interpreted as occurring due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish.24
7278995854Inversion/reversalAction of reversing something.25
7278995855LampoonA text criticizing someone or something in this way.26
7278995856MalapropismMistaken use of a word in place of a similar- sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect.27
7278995857RecoveryA return to normal state.28
7278995858SpoofHumorous imitation of something.29
7278995859SpoonerismA verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words.30
7278995860ParaprosdokianFigure of speech in which the latter part of the sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part.31

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