Adviser: the comic adviser gives uncalled for advice in a Punch prototype. Ex: Advice to people who want to buy a puppy: Don't.
Anecdotes: any interesting event that helps the humorist make a point.
Aside: a thought added as if something the speaker was saying reminded him of it.
Banter: good-natured teasing back and forth; exchange of witty remarks.
Baloney: a humorous statement that is based on an outrageous contradiction. Ex: "The best people have never had kids."
Caricature: exaggeration of a person’s mental, physical, or personality traits, in wisecrack form.
Conundrum: a word puzzle that can’t be solved because the answer isn’t logical, it’s a pun. Ex: why do cows wear bells? Their horns don’t work.
Epigram: clever, short saying about a general group. Mostly satire about mankind.
Freudian Slip: a funny statement that seems to just pop out, but which actually comes from the person’s subconscious thoughts.
Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration.
Irony: a leading part of humor. Irony is using words to express something completely different from the literal meaning. Usually, someone says the opposite of what they mean and the listener believes the opposite of what they said.
Joke: short story ending with a funny climactic twist.
Nonsensism: any kind of funny nonsense in speaking form, including all kinds of absurdity without realistic logic and makes a general observation of absurd reference.
Parody: humorous version of any well-known writing. Ex: Weird Al Yankovic’s "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi".
Practical Joke: a joke put into action. The trick is played on another person; the humor comes from what happens.
Recovery: a combination of blunder and wit, where a person makes an error, and then saves himself with a fast correction.
Repartee: includes clever replies and retorts. The most common form is the insult.
Satire: wit that is critical humor. Satire is sarcasm that makes fun of something.
Situational Humor: this is comedy that comes from your own life. No one in your audience will have heard it and it can get a group used to you. This type of humor is based on a humorous situation that you have experienced.
Understatement: making something that is regular or large seem extremely smaller or less. Intentionally down- sizing a large object.
Wisecrack: any clever remark about a particular person or thing. Wisecracks are quick wordplays about a person.
Wit: humor, irony, sarcasm, satire, repartee. Wit is funny because of the sudden sharpness and quick perception. Wit can bite. Verbal wit is known as wordplay.
(from L. Audrieth, Anthony "The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking" 1998)