1. Mixed Emotions
Module 2

2. 3. What are things that make you laugh??
Comic
Cartoon
Witty
Slapstick comedians (physical,visualhumour)
Stand-up comedians (one person telling jokes)
Sketches(skits)
4. Different Text Types
An Ancedote: is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
A Corny Joke:such a stupid joke that you have to laugh at it.
A Non-P.C. joke (politically correct)- could be offensive, not caring about others feelings
5. A put-down: humor that disrupts and weakens a team or person
A limerick:a 5 line poem that is witty and humorous
An epigram: a brief clever usually memorable statement
A pun: a play on words
A scene from a sitcom:self explanatory
6. What is this??
Im reading a book about anti-gravity..its so hard to put down!
A PUN
7. What is this?
There was an Old Man with a nose,Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,That my nose is too long,You are certainly wrong!'That remarkable Man with a nose.
A Limerick
8. What is this?
Excited First Grader: I learned how to write in school today.
Mother: What did you write?
Excited First Grader: I dont know. They havent taught us to read yet!
A Corny Joke
9. What is this?
"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."(Fran Lebowitz)
An Epigram
10. What is a punch line?
Homework p 18&19 exercise 4
11. Cleft Sentences
What is it?
A complex sentence which has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence.
Why do we use it?
To put a particular component into focus
12. Is there an equation??
It + conjugated form of to be + X + subordinate clause
X: noun phrase, prep phrase or adjectival/ adverbial phrase
It + is+ Joey+ for whom we are looking.
We are looking for Joey.
It+ is+ money+ I love.
I love money.
13. Different kinds of cleft starters
It-cleft: It is Jaime for whom we are looking.
Wh-cleft: What he wanted to buy was a Fiat.
Reversed wh-cleft/Pseudo-cleft: A Fiat is what he wanted to buy.
All-cleft: All he wanted to buy was a Fiat.
There-cleft: And then there's a new house he wanted to build.
If-because cleft: If he wants to be an actor it's because he wants to be famous.
14. Subordinate Clauses
afteralthoughasbecausebeforeeven ifeven thoughifin order that onceprovided thatrather thansinceso thatthanthatthoughunless untilwhenwheneverwherewhereaswhereverwhetherwhilewhy
15. Re-write these sentences as cleft sentences
You need a few days rest and recreation.(what)
Money is the thing people care about nowadays. (It)
We need someone to help us, not someone to criticize.(What)
I like the way he always listens sympathetically. (What)
His attitude towards other people really annoys me. (It)
I dont understand why you had to lie to me. (What)
I didnt decide to take a short cut across the country! (It)
The world needs love, peace and understanding. (What)
16. Answers
What you need is a few days rest and recreation.
Its money that people care about nowadays.
What we need is someone to help us, not someone to criticize.
What I like (about him) is the way he always listens sympathetically.
Its his attitude towards other people that really annoys me.
What I dont understand is why you had to lie to me.
It wasnt me who decided to take a short cut across country!
What the world needs is love, peace and understanding.