Literary Devices - Sounds and References/Language and Humour

The everyday or common language of a geographic area

A brief reference to a person, event, place or phrase

Low comedy designed to provoke laughter through caricatures of people in silly situations

A direct address to a person, thing or abstraction (E.g. 'O Western Wind')

Imitation of the serious manner and traits of a literary work to make fun of those features

The language of a particular district, class or group of people

A word whose sounds seem to duplicate the sounds they describe

The repetition of vowel sounds

Funny use of a word in such a way as it suggests the meaning of another word similar in sound

The return of a word, phrase, stanza form or effect

The repetition of consonant sounds

The melodic pattern just before the end of a sentence

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word

Informal diction that reflects casual, conversational language; includes slang expressions

Literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness