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| hyperbole | exaggeration used for emphasis |
| hyperbole example | Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley wide enough to keep me from you. |
| litotes | emphasizing the magnitude of a statement by denying its opposite (understatement) |
| litotes example | I didn't fail the test, but I wouldn't exactly call it my best performance. |
| irony | the use of a word in such a way as to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning |
| irony example | Frustrated by their constant questions about his mood, the teacher yelled, "I'm not upset". |
| sarcasm | witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
| sarcasm example | No, really Timmy, I think Magic the Gathering is cool. |
| oxymoron | the use of two terms together that normally contradict each other |
| oxymoron example | They laid together in the warmth of the newly fallen snow. |
| paradox | the use of apparently contradictory ideas to point out some underlying truth |
| paradox example | That was the first time I had seen them alone together |
| synaesthesia | a sensory description that describes an experience in terms of the wrong sense |
| syaesthesia example | That shirt is loud. |
