Comedy Key Terms 4.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LiteratureTwelfth NightASAll boards Created by: Jordan Cooper16Created on: 05-10-17 17:47 Incongrus An inappropriate or unexpected action or situation 1 of 51 Subversion Turning a preconceived notion on its head 2 of 51 Word Play The witty exploitation of the ambiguity of words 3 of 51 Characterisation Distinctive quirks in the construction of a character 4 of 51 Wit The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding 5 of 51 Farce Buffoonery, acting like a fool 6 of 51 Satire An ironic take on a concept,often with a political subtext 7 of 51 Folly Foolishness 8 of 51 Caricature A mildly insulting, exaggerated version of a person/concept 9 of 51 Slapstick Deliberately clumsy actions 10 of 51 Deadpan Something stated bluntly, without expression 11 of 51 Irony A state of affairs that are deliberately contradictory 12 of 51 Surrealism Behaviours that are illogical, nonsensical 13 of 51 Sarcasm The use of irony to mock or to convey contempt 14 of 51 Context The historical and social interaction surrounding a literary work 15 of 51 Ideology The message behind a text, affected by the context of production 16 of 51 Moral Double Protagonists and Antagonists that morally oppose each other 17 of 51 Double Entente An expression or figure of speech that has two meanings, one usually sexual 18 of 51 Revenger The main character that seeks revenge 19 of 51 Farcical A method of entertaining that uses improbable situations 20 of 51 Fornication Premarital or extramarital sex 21 of 51 Pun A play on words 22 of 51 Bathos Taking an elevated form such as tragedy and descending it into madness 23 of 51 Bawd A woman who is humorously indecent 24 of 51 Avaricious Greedy for financial gain 25 of 51 Travesty When something important or crucial is made ridiculous 26 of 51 Charade An absurd pretence 27 of 51 Bawdy Applied to language that is coarse or lewd 28 of 51 Transgression To break a law or rule, to go beyond the level of tolerance 29 of 51 Malapropism A comical confusion of words 30 of 51 Revel A lively festival involving dancing and disguise 31 of 51 Repartee The ability to make witty replies and remarks 32 of 51 Rhyming couplet Two consecutive lines that rhyme 33 of 51 Iambic Pentameter A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable in a line of 10 34 of 51 Prose Normal script 35 of 51 Blank verse Lines of 10 syllables with no rhyme 36 of 51 Caesura Punctuation in the middle of a sentence 37 of 51 Volta A change in ideas, tone, or atmosphere 38 of 51 Epistrophe Repetition of a word at the end of successive sentences 39 of 51 Hypophora When a writer raises a question and then immediately answers it 40 of 51 Anaphora Repetition of a word at the start of successive sentences 41 of 51 Tricolon The rule of three 42 of 51 Antithesis Contrasting two ideas within the same sentence 43 of 51 Synedoche A form of metaphor in which a smaller part of an object is used to represent the whole 44 of 51 Lilotes Deliberate understatement 45 of 51 Consonance Repeated consonant sounds 46 of 51 Assonance Repeated vowel sounds 47 of 51 Sibilance Repeated S sounds 48 of 51 Plosives Repeated D, B, and P sounds 49 of 51 Fricatives Repeated F and V sounds 50 of 51 Apostrophe Addressing an inanimate or un-present object or person as if it/they were in the room 51 of 51
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