1. Mixed Emotions Module 2

3. What are things that make you laugh?? – Comic – Cartoon – Witty – Slapstick comedians (physical,visual humour) – Stand-up comedians (one person telling jokes) – Sketches(skits)

4. Different Text Types An Anecdote: 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 other’s 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?? “I’m reading a book about anti-gravity..it’s 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 don’t know. They haven’t 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)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 after although as because before even if even though if in order that once provided that rather than since so that than that though unless until when whenever where whereas wherever whether while why

15. Re-write these sentences as cleft sentences 1.You need a few days’ rest and recreation.(what) 2.Money is the thing people care about nowadays. (It) 3.We need someone to help us, not someone to criticize.(What) 4.I like the way he always listens sympathetically. (What) 5.His attitude towards other people really annoys me. (It) 6.I don’t understand why you had to lie to me. (What) 7.I didn’t decide to take a short cut across the country! (It) 8.The world needs love, peace and understanding. (What)

16. Answers 1.What you need is a few days’ rest and recreation. 2.It’s money that people care about nowadays. 3.What we need is someone to help us, not someone to criticize. 4.What I like (about him) is the way he always listens sympathetically. 5.It’s his attitude towards other people that really annoys me. 6.What I don’t understand is why you had to lie to me. 7.It wasn’t me who decided to take a short cut across country! 8.What the world needs is love, peace and understanding.