Vocab Flashcards
phlegm
inflexible, stubborn
sanguine
refers to blood, meaning passion or energy
choleric
red in face, eat too much red meat, angry or overeating
melancholy
depressed, negative outlook on life
satire
the act of ridiculing human vices and follies; the word comes from the Greek word satura meaning “medley” or a mixture of things
mockery
subject of laughter, scorn, or ridicule
parody
mocking imitation of a known person, literary work, movie or event
mock-heroic
imitation of the literary epic and its style by exaggeration and distortion and by elevating the trivial to a level higher than it deserves
sarcasm
using praise to personally mock someone; the word comes from the Greek word sarkazein meaning “to tear flesh”
verbal irony
a double meaning; saying one thing and meaning another
understatement
implying the opposite by saying less than you mean to say
overstatement
exaggeration by saying more than you mean to say
bathos
going quickly from the sublime or serious to the ridiculous or to oversentimentalize
dramatic irony
characters expect one thing to happen but the opposite thing happens; the audience knows what will happen but characters do not
situational irony
involves situations in which actions have the effects opposite of what was intended
