evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive

fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen

inspiring love or affection

Alliteration

indicate by signs

a kind of literary or artistic work

written or drawn or engraved

anything that contributes causally to a result

the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.

put into service

a perceptual structure

a passage selected from a larger work

Speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says.