| A | B |
|---|
| Pun | a play on words |
| Slapstick | Rough and tumble, "anything goes" form of humour |
| Sarcasm | mockery, humour intended to belittle someone; a bitter, wounding attack on a person |
| Cartoon | a funny drawing, usually with a caption |
| Anecdote | a funny story about someone's experience |
| Black humour | making fun of a tragic or dangerous situation; portraying gruesome, macabre situations in a humorous way |
| Incongruity | placing wildly contrasting characters, objects or settings together |
| Parody | imitating something in a humorous way |
| Surrealism | showing life and reality in a highly imaginative and different way |
| Joke | something said or done to make us laugh, usually with a punch-line at the end |
| Banter | jesting or making funny comments about someone |
| Absurdity | ridiculous or unbelievable situation; portraying a situation so that it becomes ridiculous |
| Irony | humour that has an unexpected outcome |
| Situation humour | humour derived from the situations of everyday life |
| Anthropomorphism | Having animals or objects act, speak or think like humans |
| Caricature | distorting a person's features |
| Cliche inversion | using a well-known person in an unexpectedly different way |
| Exaggeration | overstating and carrying beyond the truth |
| Satire | using irony and sarcasm to ridicule perople or events |
