Humor Devices.

Picture Examples

Situational Irony

Hyperbole Advertisement

Pun Advertisement

Verbal Irony Comic

Picture explanations:

E-card of Situational Irony:

She has yoga pants that have never been to yoga. The humor of this is that they were not used for what they were intended to be used for, which makes it funny.

Hyperbole Advertisement:

                The mints are so strong that they are in ten cans. It’s just overly stating how strong they are and trying to make it more appealing to people so that they buy them. The fact that they are strong makes it funny and puts humor into the add.

Pun in Advertisement:

                “We Bake to differ”  it’s a pun on the statement of “I beg a differ”  which many people are aware of the term and the use of it. When put into this advertisement it makes it funny and has people laugh.

Verbal Irony Comic:

                The verbal irony is that the eating disorder sounds like a cute nickname for Pikachu who is a well known Pokémon. It makes you laugh when you think about Pikachu having a nickname.

Dramatic Irony in Macbeth:

 Dramatic irony is used often during the play.  A good example of dramatic irony is when Macbeth plans Duncan’s murder while feigning loyalty to the king.  This is dramatic irony since while Duncan does not know of Macbeth’s plans, the audience does. 

http://summarycentral.tripod.com/macbeth.htm

I do not think that this is supposed to be humorous and in that since it is a good example of dramatic irony, but as a more serious take on it.

Oxymorons:

A Fine Mess A just war A little big a little pregnant A new classic absolutely unsure abundant poverty academic fraternity Academic sorority Accidentally on Purpose accurate estimate accurate horoscope accurate rumors accurate stereotype acrophobic mountain climber Act Naturally active retirement actual reenactment acute apathy acute dullness adult children Adult male advanced BASIC advanced beginner Affirmative action affordable housing aging yuppie

agree to disagree Airline Food airline schedules all alone All natural artificial flavor alltogether separate alone in a crowd almost candid Almost done almost exactly almost pregnant Almost Ready almost safe almost suddenly almost surprised almost totally alone together amateur expert American culture American education American English amicable divorce among the first Amtrak schedule Anarchy Rules! anonymous colleague

anticipated serendipity anticipating the unanticipated Anti-Missile Missile anxious patient apathetic interest apathetically urged Apple tech support approximate solution approximately equal arms limitation army intelligence arrogant humility Artificial Grass artificial intelligence assistant supervisor astronomically small athletic scholarship Aunt Jemima Light Auto Pilot authentic replica authentic reproduction authoritarian anarchy awfully good awfully nice Awfully pretty

http://www.oxymoronlist.com/

This is a list of some oxymoron’s which I find funny and I didn’t really notice just how much we used them in daily life, for example Auto Pilot, so I do find it a success. 

Satire 

"White & Nerdy"

By Weird Al Yankovic

They see me mowin'

My front lawn

I know they're all thinking

I'm so White N' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

Can't you see I'm white n' nerdy

Look at me I'm white n' nerdy!

I wanna roll with-

The gangsters

But so far they all think

I'm too white n' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

I'm just too white n' nerdy

Really, really white n' nerdy

First in my class here at M.I.T.

Got skills, I'm a Champion of DND

MC Escher that's my favorite MC

Keep your 40

I'll just have an Earl Grey tea

My rims never spin to the contrary

You'll find they're quite stationary

All of my action figures are cherry

Steven Hawkings in my library

My MySpace page is all totally pimped out

I got people begging for my top 8 spaces

Yo I know Pi to a thousand places

Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces

I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise

I'm a whiz at minesweeper I can play for days

Once you see my sweet moves you're gonna stay amazed,

my fingers movin' so fast I'll set the place ablaze

There's no killer app I haven't run

At Pascal, well, I'm number 1

Do vector calculus just for fun

I ain't got a gat but I gotta soldering gun

Happy days is my favourite theme song

I can sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong

I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on

I'm fluent in Java Script as well as Klingon

Here's the part I sing on

They see me roll on, my Segway!

I know in my heart they think I'm

white n' nerdy!

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

Can't you see I'm white n' nerdy

Look at me I'm white n' nerdy

I'd like to roll with-

The gangsters

Although it's apparent I'm too

White n' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

I'm just too white n' nerdy

How'd I get so white n' nerdy?

I've been browsing, inspectin'

X-men comics you know I collect 'em

The pens in my pocket

I must protect 'em

my ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored

Shopping online for deals on some writable media

I edit Wikipedia

I memorized Holy Grail really well

I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL

I got a business doing websites

When my friends need some code who do they call?

I do HTML for them all

Even made a homepage for my dog!

Yo! Got myself a fanny pack

they were having a sale down at the GAP

Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap

POP POP! Hope no one sees me gettin' freaky!

I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour creme

I was in AV club and Glee club and even the chess team!

Only question I ever thought was hard

Was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?

I spend every weekend

at the renaissance fair

I got my name on my under wear!

They see me strollin'

They laughin'

And rollin' their eyes 'cause

I'm so white n' nerdy

Just because I'm white n' nerdy

Just because I'm white n' nerdy

All because I'm white n' nerdy

Holy cow I'm white n' nerdy

I wanna bowl with-

the gangsters

but oh well it's obvious I'm

white n' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy

I'm just too white n' nerdy

Look at me I'm white n' nerdy!

White and nerdy is a song that is a Satire to the song Riding Dirty.  The song is about a guy who is a nerd who is white and drives around in his car around all these “gangsters” who find him exactly what he is, white and nerdy.  The song is suppose to be a satire of a song that’s talking about riding around all cool and cooled- out. I do think this is a success in the humor department.

Understatement:

“He Chose... Poorly." - from Grail Knight in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"

Read more:http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/8908/Everything+Else/Famous+Understatements+throughout+History.aspx#ixzz1owH6zHFU

The point of this is that the guy did not just choose poorly but horribly. This does make it a successful humor term. When Grail Knight says this you just want to laugh at it because it’s not at all how you thought the situation was suppose to be explained.

William Shakespeare used Malapropisms on many occasions during Much Ado about Nothing - these devices were originally referred to as 'Dogberries':

§  First, who think you the most desertless man to be constable? meaning deserving

§  True, and they are to meddle with none but the prince's subjects. meaning mingle

§  Comparisons are odorous. meaning odious

§  Our watch, sir, have indeed comprehended two auspicious persons." meaning apprehended and suspicious

§  Is our whole dissembly appeared? meaning assembly

§  O villain! thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this meaning perdition

http://www.examples-help.org.uk/malapropism.htm

There is a list of malapropisms from Shakespeare, when you read them you do see the humor in them when you see what was supposed to be said in them.