Satire

Burlesque

Ridiculous exaggeration of language. Ex: When a character who should use formal language speaks like a fool.

Parody

Imitates the characteristic style of an author for comic effect or ridicule.

Satire

Literary form of social criticism using witty, biting language as a weapon.

Understatement

An expression that uses less strength than what would be expected or is when a writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important than what it is. For example, “here comes the brain surgeon” after he has just failed his science test.

Caricature

The exaggeration of a physical feature or trait in order to produce a ridiculous effect.

Lampoon

A crude, coarse, often bitter satire ridiculing the personal appearance or character of a person.

Travesty

Presents a serious (often religious) subject frivolously, reducing everything to its lowest level. Always makes a mockery of a serious subject

Farce

Exciting laughter through exaggerated, improbable situations; usually contains low comedy:

Incongruity

To present thibgs that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.

Double entendres

A word or phrase that may have more than one interpretation.

Verbal irony

Simply an inversion of meaning

Dramatic irony

When the word or acts of a character carry a meaning unperceived by himself but understood by the audience.

Situational irony

Depends on a discrepancy between purpose and results

Hyperbole

An extreme and deliberate exaggeration or overstatement for effect.