Term: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: icehouse: a house for storing ice
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: bookshelf: a shelf on which to keep books
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: favorite: something regarded with special favor or liking
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: dog-ear: a corner of a page turned down to mark your place
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: anglian: one of the major dialects of Old English
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: albuterol: a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: rock cornish hen: flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: spadefish: deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: sodium carboxymethyl cellulose: a gummy substance that is a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose; used as a thickening or emulsifying agent
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: filler: copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper