Humor and Irony Terms

Question 1

Undestatement

Answer 1

A figure of speect in which a writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is

Question 2

Litotes

Answer 2

a particular form of understatement, is generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used.

Question 3

Antiphrasis

Answer 3

The use of a word in a sense to opposite its proper meaning

Question 4

Sarcasm

Answer 4

harsh or bitter derision usually intended to wound as well as amuse

Question 5

Satire

Answer 5

A literary work in with human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit

Question 6

Parody

Answer 6

A text that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule

Question 7

Farce

Answer 7

A comedy which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations

Question 8

Dramatic Irony

Answer 8

Irony that is inherent in drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play

Question 9

Cosmic Irony

Answer 9

the idea that fate, destiny, or a god controls and toys with human hopes and expectations

Question 10

Structural Irony

Answer 10

Iron that typically takes a form of discrepancy between appearance and reality

Question 11

Aphorism

Answer 11

a brief statement of a principle

Question 12

Pun

Answer 12

a humourous use of a word or phrase in such a way as to suggest different meanings

Question 13

Malapropism

Answer 13

An act of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of similar sounding words