Humor Devices

Which type of humor happens when something is out of place or inappropriate for a situation or setting?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

Which type of humor is intentional, sometimes outrageous, exaggeration for effect?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

Which type of humor uses word choice, such as slang and other informal language, to make people laugh?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

Which humorous literary technique would have a character wearing bunny ears instead of a veil with a wedding outfit?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

Which humorous literary technique would describe a small patch of ice as a "vast, frozen lake"?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

Which humorous literary technique would use the phrase: "Letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it back in."?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

In " A Work in Progress" the author states in paragraph 1 that tile and marble floors are public enemy number one to a stilletto-loving girl like me. What type of humorous device is Mullins using in this statement?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

In "A Work in Progress" the author states in paragraph 13 that the rubber foam foot was painted "Caucasian", which was the nastiest shade of nuclear peach... What type of humorous literary device is she using?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

In "A Work in Progress" pp 44 the author is talking about the six year old girl that she runs into at the street fair. The author states, "And like all Internet-savvy kindergartners..."

What type of humorous literary device is she using?

• hyperbole

• comic diction

• incongruity

How is this cartoon an example of an incongruity?

• There's a mammoth under a microscope

• The caveman is smaller than the mammoth

• The microscope is "mammoth"