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Literary Humor

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together (example: "loving hate," "brawling love") 
a)
oxymoron
b)
pun
c)
motif
d)
foreshadowing
2.
What is a Pun?
a)
Words that sound the same but are spelled different 
b)
Play on words: a joke 
c)
An idiom 
d)
Pickle and onion mix
3.
Choose the best definition of exaggeration:
a)
A statement that presents something as worse or better than it really is.
b)
A statement of resentment
c)
A statement of praise
d)
A statement that tells exactly what something is.
4.
Which is an example of exaggeration?
a)
I asked my friend to help me.
b)
The dog was white with brown spots
c)
I told my mom a million times where I would be tonight but she still worried.
d)
The bus driver drove all of the kids home
5.

This uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

a)

Satire

b)

Scatological

c)

Parody

d)

Farce

6.

This type of humor is an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

a)

Farce

b)

Parody

c)

Satire

d)

Gallows/Dark

7.

This type of low-brow humor focuses on physical comedy.

a)

Parody

b)

Farce

c)

Wit/Wordplay

d)

Slapstick

8.

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

a)

stage directions

b)

scene

c)

setting

d)

stage

9.
________________ is drama that is funny and has a happy ending.
a)
comedy
b)
tragedy
c)
drama
d)
cast
10.

What is an important thing to have for comedy to work?

a)

Timing

b)

Adding a laugh track

c)

Knowing the audience

d)

Answers A and C

11.

When audience members laugh at others who seem to be more stupid than they judge themselves to be is called

a)

Incongruity theory

b)

Irreverent theory

c)

Laughable theory

d)

Superiority theory

12.

When humor is used to break tension and stress from a scene, it is called...

a)

superiority theory

b)

release theory

c)

incongruity theory

d)

hysterical theory

13.

What is it called when comedy is created by pairing things that are not normally associated with each other?

a)

Outburst theory

b)

Incongruity theory

c)

Release theory

d)

Superiority theory