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20 Cards in this Set
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Black Humor |
Refers to dark death |
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Farce |
Humorous play, ridiculous, not likely to happen |
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High Comedy |
Need political background and knowledge to get humor |
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Lampoon |
Criticize and ridicule one person |
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Low Comedy |
No need for background knowledge to find humor |
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Slap stick |
Deliberately clumsy and physical humor (3 stooges) |
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Anachronism |
Belonging to the wrong time period |
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Buffoonery |
Ridiculous, amusing behavior (clown) |
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Irony |
A contrast between appearance and reality |
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Jest |
Said or done for amusement (joke) |
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Pun |
Phrase that empathizes different meaning, play on words |
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Repartee |
Quick witty reply in a convo |
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Saracasm |
Harsh and bitter derision |
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Aphorism |
A concise statement directly from a specific author |
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Quip |
Sarcastic jest, any witty saying |
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Equivocation |
Misleading use of a phrase with more than one meaning |
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Idiom |
Means something different from the literal definition |
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Euphemism |
Substitution of mild indirect expression of a harsher one |
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Satire |
A work or matter that blends a censorous matter with humor for improving humanity |
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Paraody |
A composition designed to ridicule anothers style or author |
