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WorksheetsDo you know Comedy?
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is Benign Violation?
A funny prank.
When the reader knows more than the character in the story.
A theory that comedy must cross a line that is not to kind, but not very hurtful.
A theory that comedy was created by Indians in the 16th century, and they were a funny group of people.
What is Draumatic Irony?
When the reader knows more about the characters situation then the character does.
When the reader is surprised by the descions the character makes.
When the outcome of a situation is very predictable.
When the reader is very dramatic and starts acting out the play.
What is Situational Irony?
When a character is very tired and falls asleep in the play.
When a character in a scene misinterprets a response from an individual.
When something happens to a character and it was very predictable.
When what is happening in the scene is totally different that what you would expect or predict to happen.
Which of these are examples of High Brow Humor (Hint: more than one)?
Oh no the cat fell into the pool.
I’m a big fan of whiteboards. I find them quite re-markable.
Why did the chicken cross the road? It had to go to work.
Which one of these is an example of Unexpected Humor?
Jimmy got punched in the face and fell down.
John lost his car keys and realized they were in his pocket.
John lost in an arcade game and thought to himself this makes no cents!
Jimmy slipped on a banana peel and was attacked by King Kong.
What type of comedy does this meme follow?
Situational Irony
Draumatic Irony
Slapstick Humor
Expected Humor
What type of humor is this?
Draumatic Irony
High brow humor
Low brow humor
Slapstick
Which one of these is low brow humor?
That’s a neck!
Up high, down low, too slow!
Why was King Arthur’s army too tired to fight? It had too many sleepless knights.
Life is funny!
Did you learn anything?
Yes, this was fun!
No, I just want to go play fortnite.
This was boring.
