Manipulating Meaning Workshee1
Manipulating Meaning Worksheet
Part A: Twain’s Family Tree
Use all the skills you have learned throughout this course to complete a close reading of the description you’ve chosen. Use context clues to make sense of things that are not clear at first. Pay attention to Twain’s tone and the humor devices he uses.
1. Which of Twain’s ancestors did you select?
Charles Henry Twain
2. What is the ACTUAL story of that man’s life? Provide supporting evidence from the text.
“lived during the latter part of the seventeenth century he converted sixteen thousand South Sea islanders, and taught them that a dog-tooth necklace and a pair of spectacles was not enough clothing to come to divine service in” He was very well liked by his flock of people.
3. What techniques does Twain use to create satire in the description you selected? Provide supporting evidence from the text.
I think he used wit and humor, when naming it “twains demented family tree”
Part B: Create Your Own Satire
For this part of the assignment, you will appropriate Twain’s technique and write a burlesque of an event in your life or in the life of a celebrity. Remember, a burlesque plays on contradiction between a subject and the way it is treated. Twain used humor to describe serious, sometimes awful, events, but you can turn it around and present something fun or happy in a very serious way – the choice is yours.
Requirements:
Incorporate at least two humor devices
Write a minimum of five sentences Paste your completed burlesque here:
One time I was riding a very high powered four wheeler, Yamaha raptor 700rr. This bike topped out at about 95mph (no exaggeration) and I was going about 60-70mph down a dirt/rock road. When I needed to slow down I tapped the front brakes a little to hard and the bike stood up on its front two wheels, now in my head, rather than getting eaten by a 400lbs bike I decided to jump off to my right. I tumbled and tumbled lost my shoes and oddly enough ripped my shirt off
Part A: Twain’s Family Tree
Use all the skills you have learned throughout this course to complete a close reading of the description you’ve chosen. Use context clues to make sense of things that are not clear at first. Pay attention to Twain’s tone and the humor devices he uses.
1. Which of Twain’s ancestors did you select?
Charles Henry Twain
2. What is the ACTUAL story of that man’s life? Provide supporting evidence from the text.
“lived during the latter part of the seventeenth century he converted sixteen thousand South Sea islanders, and taught them that a dog-tooth necklace and a pair of spectacles was not enough clothing to come to divine service in” He was very well liked by his flock of people.
3. What techniques does Twain use to create satire in the description you selected? Provide supporting evidence from the text.
I think he used wit and humor, when naming it “twains demented family tree”
Part B: Create Your Own Satire
For this part of the assignment, you will appropriate Twain’s technique and write a burlesque of an event in your life or in the life of a celebrity. Remember, a burlesque plays on contradiction between a subject and the way it is treated. Twain used humor to describe serious, sometimes awful, events, but you can turn it around and present something fun or happy in a very serious way – the choice is yours.
Requirements:
Incorporate at least two humor devices
Write a minimum of five sentences Paste your completed burlesque here:
One time I was riding a very high powered four wheeler, Yamaha raptor 700rr. This bike topped out at about 95mph (no exaggeration) and I was going about 60-70mph down a dirt/rock road. When I needed to slow down I tapped the front brakes a little to hard and the bike stood up on its front two wheels, now in my head, rather than getting eaten by a 400lbs bike I decided to jump off to my right. I tumbled and tumbled lost my shoes and oddly enough ripped my shirt off