To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen

• exaggeration 
• understatement
• situational irony 
• satire

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

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To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings  

• parody 
• incongruity
• hyperbole
• understatement

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

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To present opposite of normal order (order of events, hierarchical order, etc)

• hyperbole
• parody
• reversal
• situational irony 

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CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen

• dramatic irony
• situational irony 
• reversal
• caraciture 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Imitating/mocking the techniques or style of some person, place, or thing

• parody 
• caricature 
• sarcasm 
• dramatic iro

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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A manner of writing that mixes criticism with wit and humor in an effort to point out flaws and/or improve humanity

• irony
• hyperbole
• satire 
• parody 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An exaggerated portrayal of the weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an individual or group. 

• caricature
• sarcasm 
• satire
• situational irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally means the opposite

• situational irony 
• dramatic irony
• verbal irony 
• satire 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

exaggeration; making to seem more important than it really is.

• double entendre 
• parody
• situtational irony
• overstatement

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

opposite of exaggeration; a statement that expresses a fact too weakly or less emphatically than it should. 

• understatement 
• overstatement
• hyperbole
• parody

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4