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4248035344SlapstickA type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may the boundaries of common sense0
4248035345WitIs a form of intellectual humor, and a wit js someone skilled in making sharp humerous remarks1
4248035346FarceComic dramatic worth that uses highly importable situations, stereotyped characters, extravagant exaggeration, and sometimes violent horseplay2
4248035347BawdyHumorously course; risqué, vulgar, lewd containing reference to sex, especially to be humorous characterized by obscenity or indecency3
4248035348JuxtapositionPlacing dissimilar items, descriptions or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast4
4248035349IncongruityTo present ideas that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surrounding5
4248035350ExaggerationTo enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen6
4248035351Bathos(especially in a work of literature) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.7
4248035352ParodyA humorously exaggerated imitation of a writer, artist or genre8
4248035353MalapropismUnintentional misuse of words9
4248035354PunIntentional play on words10
4248035355SarcasmSpeaking the opposite of what is meant11
4252811027ReversalTo present the opposite of the normal.12

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