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 * Humor Dictionary **

**Riddle**: A puzzling statement or question.
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to sooth the skin. Light enough to caress the sky. Hard enough to crack the rocks. What am I?

The tone of this is confusing or even whimsical.
====This example fits because it uses odd phrasing and contradictory information to ask a question about a specific thing. It confuses and puzzles the reader, but at the same time its meant to be light and comical when the reader attempts to come up with a solution to such an oddly phrased question. ====

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====The tone of this technique could be quizzical or whimsical, because it offers an amusing image which tricks the eye into thinking something even if it isn't there. ==== ====This example portrays distortion, because it alters what we know about shape and dimension. It holds two different images, related to the same theme, depending on how the picture is veiwed (from what perspective or focal point). This is amusing, because we recognize the two perspectives, but realize that it's impossible for both of these to be occurring at once. The reader can be amused by their ability to change the picture with a blink of the eye, or may be stumped and incapable of seeing both. ====

**Absurdity**: Something that is clearly illogical and obviously wrong
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The tone of this technique is mocking or ridiculing.
====This picture takes a famous and recognizable peice of art and changes it so drastically that we think it's ridiculous when seeing this version. We know that it is clearly out of place for the simplistic old farmers to be talking on cell phones, with golf clubs and jewelry. This is instantly humorous to the veiwer, because changes are so out of place that we think its "impossible" for it to be changed in this way. ====

**Incongruity**: When something is out of place, or innapropriate behavior.
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The tone of this technique is irreverent or disdainful
====This comic displays an example of incongruity, because it takes the normal scenario of a man making small conversation during a haircut, but then the barber begins to randomly attempt to sell the client an irrelevant product. This amuses the reader, because we don't expect the barbers response to be such an oddity. Most people have experienced somebody trying to advertise a product or business at an innapropriate time, so we can relate to this, adding to the humor. ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Parody**: The use of common and respected structures that contain mocking or uncommon topics.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The tone of this photograph is mocking.
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">When a person hears the phrase "daily dose" they usually think of vitamins or medicine. The daily dose of dubstep is referring to one's daily listening to dubstep music. This is a parody because the common phrase is being mocked by dubstep fans, which amuses the fans because they find it funny while at the same time they can relate to it. ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Understatement**: When the author does not explain or relay the full magnitude of a situation.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The tone of this is slightly shocked.
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In almost every single episode of South Park Kenny dies. Usually all the characters say Oh My God! then move on. In one episode Cartman says "It's okay Kenny always dies." This is understatement because when someone dies it's usually a big deal. The viewer finds this hilarious because a person can't always die, and if they did they would get a lot more attention. ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Oxymoron**: When two words with contrasting ideas are put together to make a new word.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The tone of this is jovial and fun.
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">LittleBig Planet is a very fun, very random video game. The word LittleBig is an oxymoron because, clearly, those two words should not go together. This creates a humorous situation because it really makes no sense, but the game itself makes no sense, so in a way it works out.The reader/gamer wants to play this game because of the name; they want to see what the silly game is all about. ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Caricature**: When one aspect of a person's personality is exaggerated.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The tone of this is mocking and sarcastic.
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">By making Obama's ears far bigger than they actually are, the author creates a humorous situation because they are making fun of the size of his ears and making him look goofy. The viewer finds this funny because they know Obama has big ears, but they also know that his ears aren't that big. ==== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Maria:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">**Hyperbole** - Very exaggerated statements, obvious sarcasm.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">The tone of the cartoon is mockingly critical.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mike Keefe utilizes the commonly known conflict between Iran and Israel to attract attention to the United Nations' "attempt" at trying to keep every country safe, but, as demonstrated many times, it has been useless in any of the conflicts. The exaggeration of the U.N.'s "nasty email." as a response to the lethal conflict adds to the mockery of the uselessness of this "peaceful" group of countries who should be making sure the blow up Israel doesn't happen.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Pun** - Using a word with more than one meaning in a specific context.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">The tone of this picture is lightheartedly comical.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Through the substitution of "toad" for towed, the artist mocks the parking signs and uses a frog instead of a car to depict the silliness of having anything else "toad."

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Bathos** - And abrupt transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The tone of President Obama’s reason for singing is amiably comical.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">President Obama is attempting to become equal to his audience at a New York convention so as to allow them to relax, and melt the tension between the President of the United States of America and his people. He wants them to know that they put just another person in power that instead of making people feel inferior, he makes them feel equal, when in reality he has a lot more power than the ones listening to him. This technique was used to fundraise money for his upcoming election.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Deviation** - To go off topic or off a path.

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<span style="background-color: #030303; color: #e60f0f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**(WATCH FROM 1:37 MIN. TO 2:45 MIN.)**
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">The tone is exuberantly laughable.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gabriel Iglesias decides to use the opportunity to mock one of the people sitting in the audience because of their drawn attention to the bus noises he was making and he does this not only to get the rest of the audiences to laugh, but to diverge them from the punch line of the joke. This causes the audience to find him even funnier than he already is, and it prevents them from getting bored because the story is so long.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Inversion/Reversal** - When characters or concepts shifts positions of power or identification.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The tone of the picture is amusingly comical.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Through the switch of the mother’s and the daughter’s place in society and life, the artist creates what every teenager with an overprotective mother, and every mother with a rebellious daughter would want: For the other to understand their life instead of making it harder. Because of the daughter’s and mother’s appearance, the vibrant colors, and the colloquial title, this image appeals to any pre-teen and mother who understands the hardships of growing up and watching your child grow up.


 * Generalization-** A basic group of ideas, concepts, information

The tone of this picture is mockingly humorous.

Religion is taken as a serious subject in today's society, something not to be toyed with. Yet, with this picture, it generalizes all religions into kneeling down and praying to a statue of a being. What makes this picture comical is that the being is Ronald McDonald, instead of the usual supreme being. The same basic concept of religion is applied however mocking the basis upon which all religions are founded; as they can apply to nearly anything.


 * Surprise-** When something is unexpected, an action or an ending.



The tone of the prank is anxiously comical.

The April Fools Day prank ranges from small gags to huge, masterfully crafted pranks; but they all have a single goal in common: to surprise. The aim of an April Fools joke is to surprise the prankee, causing them to react abnormally, creating humor for the pranker. When the owner of the car walks out to see him car submerged in saran wrap, the following reaction of surprise, confusion, depression, and possibly anger will create humor, and possibly some bruises for the pranker.


 * Double Entendre-** when a statement could have more than one meaning.

[|This video] has a sarcastically amusing tone associated with it.

The double entendre utilized in this commercial gives the viewer an smirk, as average workers are promoting a product in a seemingly normal fashion. The product is the energy boosting Sheets, and workers "take a sheet" as if it were completely normal, adding to the humor, as they are unaware of the dirtier side to their quotes.


 * Inherently** **Funny Words-** Words that simply make people laugh

"Doofus" and "doodad" are inherently funny words that promote humor in someone just by saying them out loud. A word can be funny just by sound for its arrangement of letters, such as "poop" and "boobies". Others are just flat out weird, like "Mugwumps". Inherently funny words can make something completely serious, amusing such as how the fight for breast cancer has produced wristbands with "I love boobies" written on them, effectively sending a message, yet keeping a light mood about it as well.