| Term | Definition |
|---|
| understatement | figure of speech in which speaker/writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important than it really is |
| exaggeration | making to seem more important than it really is |
| hyperbole | figure of speech in which extreme exaggeration is used for humor or emphasis |
| mockery | scornfully contemptuous ridicule; derision |
| parody | a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way |
| irony | implied discrepency between what is said and what is meant |
| pun | a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect. |
| sarcasm | a form of verbal irony that uses sharp, cutting remarks or language intended to mock, wound, or subject to contempt or ridicule |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| mock-heroic | ridiculing or burlesquing heroic style, character, or action |
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