Kinds of Humor

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 Word: persona

Definition: The voice or character speaking or

narrating a story

Synonyms:Image

Reputation

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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anekdotos meaning “unpublished”The root –dot-combined with the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

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!)

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.

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.

Drake & Josh I Love Lucy

Comic Situations

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 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.

Warm up

SpringBoard Page 273 Expository writing prompt in your SB book

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Vocabulary Word: yarn

Definition: a long, often involved story, usually telling of incredible or

fantastic events; an entertaining tale

Synonym:Tall tale

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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:

Ticket out

Add two of your own examples of hyperbole to the poem

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!

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.

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.

BONUS FOOTAGE

• Using your new key terms, analyze the comedic techniques used by Jim Carrey in the movie Liar Liar.

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• Using your new key terms, analyze the comedic techniques used in this SNL skit.

BONUS FOOTAGE

• Using your new key terms, analyze the comedic techniques used in this Ellen clip.