1. ambigui ty contradicti on paradox irony overstatement understatement Denise Stanley

2. “O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy; And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.” - William Blake

3. 1. I love you and I don't love you. 2. Butch is married to Barb but Barb is not married to Butch. 3. I know I promised to show up today, but I don't see why I should come if I don't feel like it. 4. The restaurant opens at five o'clock and it serves dinner between four and nine. 5. John Lasagna will be a little late for the party. He died yesterday.

4. Much Madness is divinest Sense - To a discerning Eye - Much Sense - the starkest Madness - ’Tis the Majority In this, as all, prevail - Assent - and you are sane - Demur - you’re straightway dangerous - And handled with a Chain - - Emily Dickinson

6. “Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before.” - from Paul Bunyan folklore

7. In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield says: “I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.” (Having a tumor in the brain is a serious issue which has been understated in the above statement.)