comedic elements
What provokes laughter
Comedic elements are the components that make something funny—timing, wordplay, absurdity, irony, physical humor, misdirection.
Critics and creators use the phrase when analyzing what produces laughter: The film's comedic elements include slapstick and witty dialogue.
In academic or review contexts, the term often appears when humor coexists with other tones: The drama has unexpected comedic elements.
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- fish out of waterOne in alien circumstances
- double entendresPhrases with dual interpretations
- malapropismsConfused word substitutions
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
quirkiness · irony · deadpan delivery · lampooning · puns · witty repartee · parody · comic timing · timing · eccentricity · sarcasm · mistaken identity · hyperbole · spoonerisms · misdirection · satire · breaking the fourth wall · exaggeration
comedic elementstragic elements
Components producing dramatic sorrow
dramatic tension · dramatic elements · gravitas · suspense · dramatic intensity
comedic elementspathos
Pity-evoking quality
heartbreak · melancholy · grief · sorrow · anguish
comedic elementstragic elements
Components producing dramatic sorrow
dramatic tension · catharsis · dramatic irony · tragic flaw · hamartia