Priceless Humor - obtain The Admiration Of Others By Cultivating an Atmosphere Of Humor
Kinds of Humor
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Kinds of Humor
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Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Word: juxtaposition
Definition: A technique used by artists and
writers, places normally unassociated ideas, words, and phrases next to one
another for effect
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Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Word: persona
Definition: The voice or character speaking or
narrating a story
Synonyms:Image
Reputation
Graphic Representation:
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Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Word: anecdote
Definition: a short personal account of an
incident or event
Root words:Comes from the Greek word
anekdotos meaning “unpublished”The root –dot-combined with the
prefix –ek- means “to give out”
Graphic Representation:Seinfeld clip….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MarBVyZVe9s
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Two Categories
• High Comedy: sophisticated or witty comedy, often making fun of grown-up society
• Low Comedy: a less sophisticated, silly form of comedy that relies on physical jokes, horseplay, and slapstick humor
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Caricature
• Caricature involves exaggerated portrayal of a person’s mental, physical, or personality traits in wisecrack form. Caricatures can be insulting, complimentary, political or can be drawn solely for entertainment too. (Think of the actors on Saturday Night Live who make fun of people!)
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Blunder• This is a genre of humor, which involves a
character or a comedian making foolish mistakes, which seem humorous to others. There is one person who personifies this genre in humor and he is quite popular for his blunder-comedy - Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean.
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Slapstick
• Slapstick humor is a boisterous form of comedy with chases, collisions and practical jokes where people just do silly things such as tripping, falling over or embarrassing themselves just to make people laugh.
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Drake & Josh I Love Lucy
Comic Situations
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Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Word: pun
Definition: The humorous use of a word or
words to suggest another word with the same sound or a different
meaning
Synonym:quick joke
Graphic Representation:Don’t let Cinderella play baseball. She always runs away from the ball.
I just flew in from Chicago, boy are my arms tired! To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
The cost of feathers is rising, now even down is up!One thing about the speed of light ---it gets here too early.
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Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Word: one-liner
Definition: A short joke or witticism, usually expressed in a single sentence
Synonym:joke
Graphic Representation:That was so funny I forgot to laugh
You’ll shoot your eye out kid.Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to
tell you why it isn't.
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Warm up
SpringBoard Page 273 Expository writing prompt in your SB book
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Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Word: yarn
Definition: a long, often involved story, usually telling of incredible or
fantastic events; an entertaining tale
Synonym:Tall tale
Graphic Representation:
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Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Word: hyperbole
Definition: literary technique of extreme
exaggeration for emphasis, often used for comic effect
Synonym:I’m so hungry I could eat a horse
Graphic Representation:
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Ticket out
Add two of your own examples of hyperbole to the poem
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Banter
• To banter is to tease or address in a witty or teasing manner. What can be funnier than passing witty remarks and indulging in some harmless teasing? Banter is a form of comedy that includes all this and much more!
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Parody
• Parody is defined as a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satiric imitation. Parody is nothing but a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, in a humorous way.
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Sitcom
• Situational comedy, commonly known as ‘sitcom’ is a popular type of comedy. A humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life. There exist a large number of popular TV sitcoms, which are synonymous with this type of comedy.
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BONUS FOOTAGE
• Using your new key terms, analyze the comedic techniques used by Jim Carrey in the movie Liar Liar.
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BONUS FOOTAGE
• Using your new key terms, analyze the comedic techniques used in this SNL skit.
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BONUS FOOTAGE
• Using your new key terms, analyze the comedic techniques used in this Ellen clip.