The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Irony
Are you busy? - Well, I've just got this bulldozer to lie in front of, otherwise no, not especially.

Understatement
What has happened to the Earth?-It's been disintegrated.-Look. I'm a bit upset about that.


-exaggeration

-unrealistic situations in serious conversations
-pauses
EX: I eventually had to go down to the cellar... with a torch