Comedy Vocabulary

What type of comedy tells a story?

• Slapstick

• Parody

• Anecdote

• Caricature

The opposite of what is meant is said.

• Pun

• Verbal irony

• Flawed plan

• Farce

The audience recognizes the character type and brings their prior knowledge to create a humorous effect.

• Situational irony

• Personification

• Buffoonery

• Stereotype

The best definition of satire is...

• Making fun of yourself
• Exaggerating something by copying it
• Using humour to criticize our world

These are...

• Parody
• Incongruity
• Reversal

This is...

• Hyperbole
• Parody
• Slapstick

What type of irony is shown? 

• Verbal 
• Situational
• Dramatic

What is this humorous figurative language called? 

• Hyperbole
• Pun
• Metaphor

What type of irony is shown?

• Verbal 
• Situational
• Dramatic

What type of irony is shown? 

• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic