Theater I: Semester Test Fall 23

Front

over-statement of the truth

Back

Exaggeration

Front

anything out of time, place or character

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Incongruity

Front

looking forward to a potential laugh

Back

Anticipation

Front

a line, or an action emphasized early in the play, sometimes foreshadowing and used later for a laugh

Back

Plant

Front

used in comic anticipation that requires the plant, the establisher, and the clinch to make an audience laugh

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Running Gag

Front

lines spoken directly to the audience

Back

Aside

Front

relies on physical comedy and is usually a mockery of society's views

Back

Burlesque

Front

exaggerated features of a person or work

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Caricature

Front

A play which Is portraying life as it is

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Realism

Front

Using humor To show the faulty logic and actions of a person or situation

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Satire