Question
What is the literary term when something serious is happening and there is humor?
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Writeacher
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/glossary-of-literary-terms.html#H
Scroll down and read the entry for Humor. See if there's the term you're looking for.
Scroll down and read the entry for Humor. See if there's the term you're looking for.
Writeacher
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/glossary-of-literary-terms.html#I
Or maybe Irony.
Or maybe Irony.