TYPES OF HUMOR
HUMOR
•
While humor has meant
several different things in
its existence, we use to to
mean a type of writing
that's purpose is to
induce laughter.
HUMOR
CONTINUED
•
Humor uses observation
of human nature to
discover what we all have
in common. It appeals to
anyone who is
sympathetic.
BLACK
(DARK)
HUMOUR
• Humor
that is viewed as
dark, morbid, cruel,
offensive to some, and
or graphic in nature and
is yet, still found funny.
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DEADPAN
HUMOUR
• Humor
that is viewed as
dark, morbid, cruel,
offensive to some, and
or graphic in nature and
is yet, still found funny.
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INNUENDO
•a
statement which
indirectly suggests that
someone has done
something immoral,
improper, etc.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/innuendo
Graze on my lips, and if
those hills be dry Stray
lower, where the pleasant
fountains lie. (Venus and
Adonis by William
Shakespeare)
VERBAL
IRONY
•
A figure of speech in
which the actual intent is
expressed in words that
carry the opposite
meaning.
SITUATIONAL
IRONY
•A
situation in which
actions have an effect
that is opposite from
what was intended, so
that the outcome is
contrary to what was
expected
Dictionary.reference.com
MALAPROPISM
•
An amusing error that
occurs when a person
mistakenly uses a word
that sounds like another
word but that has a very
different meaning
Merriam Webster Online
PUN
•
Using a word in a
way to suggest
more than one
meaning
RIDDLE
•
A statement with a
double or veiled meaning
put forth as a puzzle to
be solved.
Wikipedia
"Which creature has one voice
and yet becomes four-footed
and two-footed and threefooted?"
SATIRE
•
Satire blends a censorious
attitude with humor and wit to
improve the human condition.
Satire will attack society (not
one person) and its audience
is the “self-satisfied.” The
most important thing about
satire is its purpose.
SLAPSTICK
•
Physical comedy with
broad humour, absurd
situations, and vigorous,
usually violent action.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
WIT
•
Wit used to mean
'knowledge' and was
used to signify 'intellect'.
The word still holds a bit
of its old meaning. For
instance, when we call
someone a 'halfwit' or a
'witless wonder', we are
implying that they have
no intelligence.
WIT
CONTINUED
•
To say something is witty
now means to use words
in a clever manner to
make something funny.
This usually results in
plays on words, double
entendres, and clever
puns. The audience for
wit is the intelligent.