Visual Literacy Flashcards
Stereotype
- A fixed and exaggerated description/ idea about a certain type of person, group or nation.n
- Normally based on prejudice and preconceived ideas/ ideas held about people.
Satire
The writer mocks or ridicules folly or vice, either the person who committed the act, or the folly or vice itself.
Parody
Device used to imitate or mimic an artistic work for the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing ideas, subject matter, artistic work or artist.
Lampoon
Bitter satire in verse or prose, also known as invective
Irony
Verbal irony: something written or said that means something else.
Situational irony: the actual outcome is different than the intended or expected outcome.
Dramatic irony: writer allows the audience or reader to know more about a character or situation than the characters in the story.
Overstatement
‘Exaggeration’ or ‘hyperbole’
Exaggeration of the truth to evoke laughter or amusement
Understatement
Writer uses a device to make something less important than it actually is.
Opposite of exaggeration or hyperbole.
Absurdity
‘Farce’ or ‘screwball comedy’
The writer uses improbable situations to create humor
Pun
Deliberate play on words.
An example of wit
Juxtaposition
Places contrasting ideas together to create amusement and laughter
Anecdote
Short story that makes a point
Truth
Event or incidents which really took place.
The truth is funny in retrospect
Incongruity
Things that do not fit often create a bizarre or extraordinary situation.
Things are out of place and are therefore ridiculous.
Hyperbole
Things are exaggerated to a ridiculous point
Anti-climax
Expectations are built up to be let down at the last minute.
Laughter is caused by shock/ surprise.
