b) Three examples of these slang words used in sentences are, “You’re looking quite spiffy today!”, “That book is filled with bunk.”, and “The cook’s knife is the cat’s meow.”…
Through her use of humor, Fey is able to tell the audience her message and make them laugh at the same time, all without taking away from the true meaning of the…
Their word choice and the way they talk matches up with their lifestyle that is shown in the film. It is vastly different from tone in the middle of the documentary as it carries a greater weight than it does during that part the film. Slang is also often used by the characters and further reinforces the fact that they live in poverty and have had a rugged upbringing. Diction interacts with the other appeals and styles to help the film be put together like a puzzle, each piece fitting together to create a bigger…
In Clay's video, he incorporated all four satirical techniques. However, the two that stuck out the most was incongruity and exaggeration. The technique of incongruity was shown when the actor was telling about the features of the second generation Apple Pencil and again when…
Attardo, S. (2001). Humor and Irony in Interaction:. IOS Press. [Online]. Retrieved at: www.emergingcommunication.com [April 11th 2011].…
A fourth convention that was used was the use of strong language to create excitement. Often using vulgar words the actors were able to really grab the audience’s attention if they hadn’t already by using a strong tone or by dropping and unexpected “F” bomb. When actors use this type of language unexpectedly it really grabs the audience and causes exciting drama.…
appealing to the emotion of the audience.Narration is the first strategy that is present when she…
For example ,when Frank pukes up the host his grandmother says that she “has God in herk backyard “(p.159) .McCourt takes a sad event like vomiting after his communion and lightens the mood with humor . In addition , his grandmother gets very upset with Frank for doing this and will not talk to him or his family . Angela, Frank's mother , tries to make him feel better by saying “ wash God away with a little water “(p159) .McCourt use this humor to ease the tension between Frank and his Grandma . Another example of humor being used in Angela's Ashes is when the whole downstairs of the house floods and they have to move upstairs . They call the upstairs “Italy “(p.118) and the downstairs “Ireland”(p.118).This is a use of humor because instead of being upset about the house being run down and the bottom half flooding they make the best of it and add this humor to make it more…
The way the author writes Alex’s speech has a joking and canny…
Wordplay invigorates the audience to understand what is being referenced. Examples of wordplay in literature include, William Shakespeare's Hamlet: “A little more than kin, and less than kind.” He is talking about his uncle, who is also now his step father. When he says “less than kind” this is ironic because his uncle is the one who murdered his father. Wordplay is used in most episode titles of the television show Charmed, especially puns that involve the words "witch," "charmed," etc., or the names of the characters. These pun based titles were successful because they informed the audience of what may happen next by forcing the audience to…
* Family backgrounds make a difference and everyone has their own way of communicating together. For example a family member may say a word that will make the rest of the family laugh but a visitor will remain puzzled, or someone may use a ‘slang’ word that the rest of the family understands but not visitors.…
It could also be said that the comic convention of foolishness is used when Angela and Beverly doesn’t know when she is saying something inappropriate or…
First Johnson uses effectively structure in her jokes in order to prepare the audience for her punchlines, because they are well prepared for the punchline more members of the audience find her jokes funny . for example…
The poverty rate in Memphis is an issue which emanates passion on the inside of my soul. It is evident how poverty influences Memphis in a plethora of ways. Poverty creates a ripple effect which trickles over into the crime rate, education levels and the overall quality of life in the city. There is a sect in the city where poverty has become the norm. Generation after generation the expectation is to remain in the same predicament as their predecessors.…
Title: Have Chinese women experienced emancipation or is China as patriarchal as it ever was? Explain your answer.…