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| absurdities | false, foolish or ridiculous comments |
| alliteration | repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of words |
| animation | a sequence of pictures that appear to move |
| anthropomorphism | when animals or objects act as though they are human |
| banter | friendly joking or teasing |
| black humour | comedy that deals with something tragic |
| blooper | a public mistake made on film |
| caricature | a drawing of someone that exaggerates their features |
| cartoon | a funny or satirical drawing |
| clerihew | a four-line comic verse about a person |
| comedian | a person whose job it is to make people laugh |
| contradiction | when two statements, ideas or actions seem to go against each other |
| contrast | to show differences when two things are compared |
| ditty | a short poem or song |
| exaggeration | stretching the truth |
| expectation | a strong belief or hope that something will happen |
| fable | a short tale with animanl characters that teaches a moral or a lesson |
| frame | an individual drawing in an animation |
| homonym | a word that sounds the same or is spelled the same but has a different meaning |
| homophones | words pronounced the same but with different spellings and meanings depending on the context |
| incongruity | something that seems strange because it does not fit in a proper place or situation |
| inference | the act of drawing a conclusion based on known facts |
| invented word | one that is made up and has not been used before |
| inversion | when something is turned upside down or back to front |
| irony | a form of humour where you say or do the opposite to what you mean |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| nonesense verse | verse that uses invented words or misuses real words |
| onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the thing it is describing |
| opposites | things that are completly different |
| outrageous opinion | an opinion that will shock any maybe anger someone |
| oxymoron | aphrase that juxtaposes two contrasting ideas |
| paradox | a statement that contradicts itself |
| point of view | the beliefs and opinions of the person who is telling the story |
| punch line | the last word or sentence that makes a joke funny |
| puns | word which use a confusion of sound and meaning for comic effect |
| rhyme | two words which have similar sounds |
| ridicule | make fun of someone |
| speculative | when you are trying to guess something based on something you know |
| spoonerism | a mistake made when speaking in which the first sound of two words is swapped over |
| stereootype | the belief that all members of a group are the same |
| symbol | a shape or idea that means something special |
| taboo language | words, subjects or actions that should be avoided as they are rude |
| tagline | a memorable phrase that is typical of a character in a film |
| twist | an unforseen change in direction that changes the outcome of the story or joke |
| visualise | to form a mental picture of something |
