14991055482 | Verbal Irony | When what you say is the opposite about what is meant | 0 | |
14991066476 | Situational Irony | Appearance of something is opposite to the reality | 1 | |
14991073939 | Dramatic Irony | A CHARACTER says or thinks something but the audience knows it's not true | 2 | |
14991084782 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to get things get things across | 3 | |
14991103450 | Understatement/ Litotes | A figure of speech that tries to downplay situations | 4 | |
14991112693 | Parody | Imitation of style of a work for comic effect and ridicule | 5 | |
14991122195 | Sarcasm | A bitter speech, intended to wound a person's feelings | 6 | |
14991132904 | Satire | Form of literature that uses these tools to criticize human institution and human folly to repair | 7 |
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