puffery is a device that uses exaggeration for emphasis in humorous writing.
puffery is a device that uses exaggeration for emphasis in humorous writing.
in humorous writing a device that uses exaggeration for emphasis is called?
puffery
some theoreticians of the comic consider exaggeration to be a universal comic device. it may take different forms in different genres, but all rely on the fact that the easiest way to make things laughable is to exaggerate to the point of absurdity their salient traits.









































section::::taxonomy.









































there are many taxonomies of humor; the following is used to classify humorous tweets in (rayz 2012).









































bullet::::1. anecdotes









































bullet::::2. fantasy









































bullet::::3. insult









































bullet::::4. irony









































bullet::::5. jokes









































bullet::::6. observational









































bullet::::7. quote









































bullet::::8. role play









































bullet::::9. self-deprecation









































bullet::::10. vulgarity









































bullet::::11. word play









































bullet::::12. other









































section::::culture.
humour
bullet::::- "agriocnemis zerafica"









































bullet::::- "amorphostigma armstrongi"









































bullet::::- "amorphostigma auricolor"









































bullet::::- "amphiagrion abbreviatum"









































bullet::::- "amphiagrion intermediate"









































bullet::::- "amphiagrion saucium"









































bullet::::- "amphiallagma parvum"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis amabilis"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis annae"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis bicolor"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis billitonis"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis bonita"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis cantuga"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis circularis"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis dactylostyla"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis dentifer"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis ecornuta"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis erminea"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis flavicornis"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis furcata"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis glauca"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis gracilis"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis incallida"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis kuiperi"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis lestoides"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis madelenae"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis mariae"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis martini"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis pandanicola"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis platystyla"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis remiger"









































bullet::::- "amphicnemis smedleyi"









































bullet::::- "amphicnmeis wallacii"
list of damselflies of the world (coenagrionidae)