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AP English Literature - Comedy Flashcards

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6240476050Comedy (noun)A drama of light and amusing character and typically with a happy ending.0
6240487591Satire (noun)A literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn.1
6240501542Tragicomedy (noun)A work of drama which has qualities of a tragedy and elements of a comedy.2
6240517496Pun (noun)The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound.3
6240522220Incongruity (noun)The quality of disagreeing.4
6240529011Irony (noun)Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs OR the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning. (Ex. dramatic, situational, & verbal/sarcasm)5
6240538764Euphemism (noun)An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive.6
6240548190Malapropism (noun)A word humorously misused.7
6240550542Wit (noun)An amusing person who makes jokes.8
6240558182Understatement (noun)The opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.9
6240564753Injective (noun)An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack.10
6240569476Litotes (noun)Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).11
6240575099Knave (noun)An unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest & foolish person in a comedy who often asks as the villain.12
6240578793Non-sequitur (noun)A statement that does not follow logically from evidence.13
6240581624Parody (noun)A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.14

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