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Irony of Situation

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To think one thing will happen, and the opposite occurs.

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Verbal Irony

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Saying one thing and meaning another.

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Dramatic Irony

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The reader knows something that the character does not.

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Litotes

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An understatement.

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Conceit

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An elaborate and sophisticated metaphor.

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Metaphor

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An implied comparison.

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Metonymy

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To name a part for the whole.

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Antithesis

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Two direct opposites in juxtaposition for effect.

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Reification

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To attribute concrete qualities to abstractions.

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Hyperbole

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An over-exaggeration for effect.