PPT-Warm-up: Complete the Humor survey on your desk to see what’s funny to you. (SB pg.

Today Use background knowledge Generate a list of what makes things funny Determine importance Discover current theories of funny Plan Ahead humor showcase Friday April 25 What makes people laugh . Comedy. We call cultural content meant primarily to generate laughter and mirth “comedy”. Most, if not all, genres include comedic elements. Some argue that any story where the low-born or put-upon rise to a higher station and a better end is a comedy. an introduction to humor in literature. a. nd in our lives. We hear the word ‘humor’ all the time…. But what does it mean?. According to the Random House Dictionary, humor is defined as . a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing . Shelly “Dee . Lish. ” Bacon, Laura “Da Bling” . Bonney. , . Peter “Da Poof” Freitag and Dan “Da Organization” Turner. Associate Directors of Advising, University of Colorado at Boulder. 幽默看得見. 在大腦花園中尋. 幽. 探. 徑. 陳學志 詹雨臻. 臺灣大學 心理系. 周泰立 梁庚辰 鄭昭明. Humor. 幽默. 是人類特有的高層次心理功能. ，. 過去. Learn a wide variety of LFFs… and laugh!!! . Comedians and composers use a variety of . Language Forms and Features . to create . humour. !. Why use . humour. /laughter?. How . do composers . use . Hi everyone!. Knock . knock. …. Who’s there?. I will not be doing any knock . knock. jokes.. Whew!. Here is a story. It all fits on two slides so you can relax.. I used to teach teachers. I often asked my students to create and enact lesson plans. I encouraged them to have fun with the assignments.. Patricia J. Corbin, MSW, LSW, ACSW, LCAC. Have You Ever…….?. Laughed at something that is not supposed to be funny ? (Nell). Said, ‘Oh man, who did that?” in a crowded elevator?. Pretended to read lips at McDonald’s?. your best joke. .. What makes that joke . funny. ? Or, what makes it . not. funny. ?. Knock Knock…. E. B. White said, . “Analyzing . humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of . Dr. JB. MC Eli. Count Zach. Czar Phillip. Definition of Humor. A comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.. Comic: of, pertaining to, or characterized by comedy. Absurd: utterly or obviously senseless, contrary to all reason or common sense. Hi everyone!. Knock . knock. …. Who’s there?. I will not be doing any knock . knock. jokes.. Whew!. Here is a story. It all fits on two slides so you can relax.. I used to teach teachers. I often asked my students to create and enact lesson plans. I encouraged them to have fun with the assignments.. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). Humor. What makes people laugh?. Humor. What makes YOU laugh. ?.   . What . do you find funny & why?. Humor. Why do a humorous speech?. Humor . is pervasive . and . universal (all cultures & languages laugh). Spring Board Level 3. Unit 5. Explaining why something is funny can be a challenge, but there are some commonly used devises that usually make people laugh. Although sometimes we may not see the humor in a text, it is important that we are able to recognize the elements of humor and appreciate the attempt..