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Emily Gallegos

Word Play: Pun
[ puhn ] //noun// **Definition:** the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that area like or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.

The upbeat nature of the clothing caricatures implies an amiable tone ultimately enhancing the overall lighthearted tone presented throughout the piece. The play on words of a hat telling a tie, "you hang around, i'll go on ahead later" creates a humorous dialogue for a common audience. The pun requires little background knowledge, as most people are aware that a tie "hangs around" when worn on the body and a hat sits "on a head." The light humor rectifies a clever depiction among animate objects to create amusement for an audience.

Emily Gallegos

Word Play: **Oxymoron**
[ ok-si- mawr -on ] //noun//
 * Definition:** a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”

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The video above explores the comical art of contradiction. The comedic dialogue between a man defensive of his dog, and his rational, observant friend creates a lightly mocking tone. Just as oxymorons are contrasting words put together to create a new word, (such as jumbo shrimp or deafening silence) the starburst commercial delineates the idea of contradiction in order to sell their juicy, yet solid product. Like the method used in the promotion of starbursts, oxymorons often use a satiric technique to enhance the understanding of ridiculous objectives to a common audience. The use of comedy within the commercial entices the audience with the silliness of a dog who sticks its behind out the window instead of its front, and enjoys the company of a cat. Incorporating the use of a comedic dialogue, the commercial entices its audience with such ridiculous, yet hilarious accusations, creating a successful advertisement. Oxymorons used in satiric pieces likely have a similar persuading affect on readers.

Emily Gallegos

Word Play: **Double Entendre**
[ duhb - uh l ahn- tahn -dr uh ] //noun// 1.) a double meaning 2.) a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué.
 * Definition:**

//__Iron Man 2:__// ... ...
 * **Justin Hammer**: "You know Christine Everheart from Vanity Fair? You two know each other?"
 * **Tony Stark**: "Yes, roughly."
 * **Hammer**: "She's actually doing a big spread on me for Vanity Fair."
 * **Pepper Potts**: "Right. Well, she did quite a... spread on Tony last year..."
 * **Tony**: "AND she wrote a story."
 * **Tony**: "Hammer needs a slot, Christine."

Tony Stark's and Pepper Pot's tones are bold, comical, and lightly mocking while Hammers tone is reserved and formal. The sexual connotations exulted by Stark and Potts evoke the double meanings layered beneath a seemingly innocent dialogue. When asked about Christine Everheart, Stark claims he knows her 'roughly', which logically means he is acquainted with her. Stark's intent however leads the audience to see the sly sexual meanings behind his double entendre statements of a sexual encounter. Hammer appears unaware of these risque comments, further developing the humor within the dialogue. The comical statements continue to build as Stark and Potts feed off of Hammer's ignorance, heightening the playful commentary. The dramatic irony adds to the humor, as the audience enjoys the witty play double entendre statements, while also finding muse in Hammer's naïvety. The entire conversation mocks the idea of post sexual awkwardness.

Emily Gallegos

**Distortion**
[ dih- stawr -sh uh n ] //noun//
 * Definition:** alteration of shape, concept, person, time, etc.

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The incongruity between the minutely concerned tone of the boys toward their quickly obscured reality versus the belittling tone of movie creators builds the mocking humor of young, stupid, college boys. The absurd results of a drunken Saturday night emphasizes regretful methods taken after drinking that college students may find comically relatable. There are obvious low comedic techniques such as the tedious verbal exchange of "dude" and "sweet" that anyone may find funny, but those who are guilty of getting a drunken tattoo find a certain peace in their actions, as they realize they are not the only ones guilty of this.

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 * Parody**

Brianna Burkholder Definition: Very exaggerated statements, obvious sarcasm.
 * Hyperbole**

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 * Generalization**

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 * Incongruity**
 * warining* sexual references

Ashley Hilton
 * Inversion/Reversal** – When characters or concepts shift positions of power or identification.

Quote from //Twilight//: “My mom looks like me, except with short hair and laugh lines. I felt a spasm of panic as I stared at her wide, childlike eyes. How could I leave my loving, erratic, hare-brained mother to fend for herself? Of course she had Phil now, so the bills would probably get paid, there would be food in the refrigerator, gas in her car, and someone to call when she got lost, but still…” (Meyer 4).

Bella Swan’s tone towards leaving her mother in Phoenix for Forks is pessimistic and worrisome. The list of specific things that she worries about portrays the reversal of their roles – Bella is more of the adult while her mother acts like the child. Later in the book, this is exemplified even more when Bella’s mom asks her in an e-mail where her “pink blouse” is and Bella responds with, “Your blouse is at the dry cleaners – you were supposed to pick it up Friday” (Meyer 34). This allows the reader to understand that Bella’s maturity level far exceeds other teenagers her age and gives her a little more credit than just a “naïve teenager head over heels ‘in love’ with a guy” later in the book.

Garrett Rose ===**Caricature- **When one aspect of a person’s personality is exaggerated ===

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Glozell is obviously not as stupid as she leads on and her grammar can’t be as bad as she makes it out to be, she says “you need to be more Atlantic and Pacific with yo kids” really c’mon you know she knows that isn’t what it means, but her intention is to make the viewer believe she has the worst grammar out of anyone else and can be the stupidest person in the room. Exaggerating her stupidity and lack of grammar allows her to talk about a serious issue, without provoking riots and funny enough to make more people watch her video, to spread her message.

===**Inherently funny words **- words that are just funny. === Poop, Fart, [|Batragophogus] (a race that consumes frogs), and [|Collywobbles] (an uneasy feel in the stomach caused be uneasiness) -funny sounding aren’t they?

===**Riddles **- something that is puzzling or confusing === Provided courtesy of www.funnyriddles.net -Riddles are funny in the since that the answer is reductio ad absurdum the answer is generally the furthest extent of logic.
 * Question **- Who killed one-fourth of mankind?
 * Answer **- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Cain(who killed Abel leaving only himself Adam and Eve). Haha get it? It’s of biblical proportions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Question **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Scientists have proven that cats have more hair on one side then their other side. Some people believe that this is because when cats lay on their side they need insulation from the cold on the floor or ground. Which side of a cat has more hair?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Answer **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Well Duh! The outside of the Cat of course!

**Bathos**- The abrupt shift in style from the exalted to commonplace
-Our family is Catholic and the generalization of Catholics is that they have a lot of children my grandma had 8 children and now that she is in her eighties she has grown tired of her telling people she has eight kids and them following with the statement “oh you must be Catholic” so she started telling people “Well yes I’m Catholic, but a sex addict too” it sounds raunchy but she’s a little 80 year old women, its adorable. -In church we always arrive thirty minutes early to say the rosary usually I finish in 15 minutes and my grandma about the same so she started to fill me in with all the church gossip that she hears at her rosary making group, she also likes to take guesses at who is in a relationship and if they’re “living in sin” or not, she has the keen eye for ring fingers, she also tells me who wears wigs and how you can tell and best of all makes up nicknames for everyone so I know she is talking about. It’s a huge shift from what you would expect your grandmother to talk to you about and especially at church before mass.