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Verbal Irony

Published on Mar 15, 2016

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Verbal Irony

A device in which what one says does not match what he means.
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Example:
"We was all glad as we could be, but Tom was the gladdest of all because he had a bullet in the calf of his leg."

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Sarcasm

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. 
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Example: "I’m trying to imagine you with a personality."

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Hyperbole

A device that uses exaggeration for emphasis. 
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Example: "It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets."

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Understatement

A figure of speech where the words written mean less than is actually meant
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Example: "It's a bit yellow" - while describing a very yellow canary.

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Oxymoron

A contradictory of combined words.
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Example: "Alone together" "Painfully beautiful" "Pretty ugly" "Deafening silence"

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Amy F. Weinberger, MSED

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