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STYLISTICS
is a branch of applied linguistics concerned with the
study of style in texts, especially, but not
exclusively, in literary works. Also called literary
linguistics, stylistics focuses on the figures, tropes,
and other rhetorical devices used to provide
variety and a distinctness to someone's writing. It
is linguistic analysis plus literary criticism.
IRONY
is using words to imply the opposite of their literal
meaning, or a situation where the outcome is the
opposite from that intended or expected.

Irony and sarcasm are often regarded as being synonymous.

However sarcasm generally implies a stronger or more

cutting remark and contains intent to ridicule unkindly.
Example of sarcasm:

Mary is a thoroughly delightful woman with a delightful figure, a

delightful dress sense, a delightful brain and an equally delightful
husband to match. So much delight is entirely overwhelming and I
must decline her invitation to dinner.
OVERSTATEMENT

is deliberately maximizing a
subject often with hyperbolic
exaggeration.