Griggs semester 1 British and World literature.

Irony

contrast between expectation and reality; verbal, situational, Socratic, dramatic

Travesty

• presents serious topic trivially, reducing it to very low level

Parody

 making fun of someone or something by imitating it

Farce

elicits laughter through exaggerated, improbable situations using low comedy such as slap-stick, fighting, clownishness, trickery, etc.

Invective

harsh, abusive language directed at a person or thing, used in anger

Sarcasm

sharply mocking statements, usually similar to verbal irony but crueler

Knaves & Fools

in comedy w/ no true good or bad side, knaves exploit fools bc they were “asking for it”

Malapropism

deliberate mispronunciation of sth, esp a name, to make fun of it

Irony

• contrast between expectation and reality; verbal, situational, Socratic, dramatic

Verbal irony

Situational irony

Direct characterization

directly describing character’s appearance, personalities, motivations

Indirect characterization

• describing characters through their actions, choices, speech, etc.