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To set-off phrases that are contradicting or express

To speak insultingly to or about an individual and it is also an unjust and corrupt practice.

For example, in the letter Barry says, “Millions of people routinely ruin perfectly good hamburgers and hot dogs by putting cold ketchup and mustard on them” (Barry). In the quote exaggeration is shown through hyperbole when he states that hamburgers and hotdogs are completely ruined, from cold ketchup and mustard. The author knows that burgers and hotdogs are not actually ruined from cold condiments, they’re just simply not to his liking. The intended response for the reader was a light laugh or chuckle because they soon find out that the narrator is making fun of people who use cold ketchup and

Verbal Irony is when words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant. For example in “Night” is when

Starting with figurative language, you find a hyperbole. The example is when one person at the stand shouts, "'Kill him! Kill the umpire!'" It's hyperbole because he doesn't want him to literally be killed. What makes it humorous is that some readers may find it funny for someone to yell, "Kill him," at a baseball game. The example for rhyming is when the stragglers thought about betting on Casey. The author wrote, "They thought, 'If only Casey could

Idiom is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. Which basically means having a own saying. In the 4th paragraph, a phrase “jump down my throat” was used by the write to react angrily to something that someone said or did.

Idiom: A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

“the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices.”

A figure of speech making a statement less or more important than it really is.

Actual Definition: Utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false.

The opposite is understatement, which is an assertion that states less than what is true or real ("Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse."--Swift). Understatement can be used to make an ironic point or to provide humor.

17. bathos- when an author overuses absurd metaphors, descriptions, or ideas in attempt to make

having abstruse meanings, and failing to make people think. People tend to use long, drawn out phrases to represent something that could be said in a few words. Often, these phrases lose specificity and do not have a direct meaning. This results in a cloudy reading, as each person may interpret it differently. Another fallacy of the English language is the common use of old metaphors that do not require the reader to take time to comprehend the meaning and impact of the metaphor. The use of old metaphors and hackneyed sayings allow both the reader and the writer to not have to put thought into what is being said.

Denotative-utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false

People associate words and symbols to real life things and situations in order to give them meaning. There are three types of Euphemism, which are dysphemism, cacophemism,