Terms

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

• facetious

• anecdote

• paradox

 a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• anecdote

• intrinsic

• foreboding

• vexed

language open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning

• Ambiguous

• Elated

• Motif

tending to remind one of something

a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Diction

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Anecdote

• Paradox

1. the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

• Understatement

• Facetious

• Diction

• Imperative

 of vital importance; crucial or an authoritative command

• Imperative

• Criticism

• Ironic

 an idea or feeling that a word invokes

• Connotation

• Diction

• Hyperbole

the scholarly investigation of scholarly texts to determine their origin or intended meaning