Monday, January 25, 2010





Deadpan Humor - humor that is delivered without changing expression ir with no expression at all. An example od Deadpan Humor would be the "Zombie Kid Likes Turtles" video on youtube, starring a young boy who delivers the line "I like turtles" in a deadpan manner while being interviewed by a news reporter.

Malapropism - Substitution of a word for another word with a similar sound that doesn't make sense. An example of Malapropism would be a quote by George W. Bush, which was "we cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile."

Reversal - Reversal of Roles. An example of Reversal would be the movie "White Chicks," where 2 african-american men act as 2 white women for undercover police purposes.

Visual Satire - Satire expressed through political cartoons.

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