Humor
Transcript: Humor What's funny? Understatement or Meiosis When an author deliberately understates the obvious, he or she is using meiosis. Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio describes his mortal wound "not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve." Jaws: Richard Dreyfuss says: "We're gonna need a bigger boat." Dialect: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people is called dialect Satire: Writers use ridicule to point out human folly. Satire is not limited to fiction pieces. John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, The Onion Parody: A parody is a literary imitation of another piece of literature, usually using exaggeration for comic purpose Exaggeration/Hyperbole Although hyperbole is used to intensify some situations, it often leads to humor. "I caught a fish as big as my bungalow." Incongruity lack of harmony between two statements or events. Incongruity also leads to humor often because a tense situation may eventually lead to nothing, making us laugh. Slapstick Physical humor, or events that are often beyond the common sense to understand and judge. It almost always makes us laugh and eases any tension in the story Sarcasm a sharp, bitter or cutting remark on something or someone. The intensity of ridicule or mockery is often a bit harsh and terse in sarcasm. Verbal Humor: word play, name-calling, jokes and puns, malapropisms (the unintentional misuse of language), or the misinterpretation of language Pun: a play on words Puns are a common source of humor in jokes and they certainly are one of the most common types of humor A vulture boards a plane, carrying two dead possums. The attendant looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger." Malapropism: Misuse of words "No, a moo point. Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo." (i.e., moot) Joey Tribbiani on NBC's Friends Comic or situational Irony: Irony generally means that something that has been said or done is different than what the speaker meant. Comic irony from television sketch-comedy has the distinction over literary comic irony in that it often incorporates elements of absurdity A classic example is where a shark trying to impress his shark friends by learning to surf. He then surfs so well that his friends mistake him for an actual surfer and eat him.
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