Drama and Comedy Terms

Drama and Comedy Terms

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Flashcard

Performing Arts

3rd Grade

Hard

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Joseph Vazquez

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1.

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Front

stereotype

Back

The audience recognizes the character type and brings their prior knowledge to create a humorous effect.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

farce

Back

Use of buffoonery and horseplay, typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

double entendre

Back

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

verbal irony

Back

The opposite of what is meant is said.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

situational irony

Back

The opposite of what is expected happens.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

flawed plan

Back

A character is discussing a course of action, but it is obvious to the audience that one glaring aspect of it will cause it to fail.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

slapstick

Back

Comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events.

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