Vocabulary List #8

79047434	Sarcasm	a comic technique that riducules through caustic language.
79047435	Satire	language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule
79047436	Simile	a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
79047437	Syllogism	the format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
79047438	Symbolism	the use of a person, place, thing, event or pattern that figuratively represents or "stands for" something else.
79047439	Synecdoche	using a part of something to represent the whole thing
79047440	Understatement	the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.