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Comedy and Satire

Comedy and Satire. AP English Language and Composition. How Comedy Affects Us. It works in the service of change It is intellectual, not emotional It allows us to feel superior It can change behavior in the individual or in society It makes us laugh and compare. Types of Comedy. Satire

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Comedy and Satire

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  1. Comedy and Satire AP English Language and Composition

  2. How Comedy Affects Us It works in the service of change It is intellectual, not emotional It allows us to feel superior It can change behavior in the individual or in society It makes us laugh and compare

  3. Types of Comedy • Satire • Lampoon • Farce • Parody • Slapstick

  4. Comedic Ladder • Comedy of Ideas • Comedy of Manners • Farce • Low Comedy

  5. Devices of Satire • Malapropism • Non-Sequitur • Oxymoron • Paradox • Parody • Pun • Sarcasm • Stereotyping • Understatement • Wit • Caricature • Colloquialism • Deflation/Inflation • Disparagement • Euphemism • Hyperbole • Incongruity • Invective • Irony • Knaves and Fools • Litotes

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