The Big Bang Theory Of Sarcasm

Giles Corey was sarcastic because when he was talking to Reverend Parris when his daughter and niece ran away they stole 33 pounds which was all the money that Reverend Parris and he said he was moneyless now, after Rev. Parris said that Giles made a snobby remark saying “66 pounds a year really makes you moneyless.” Along with Giles I am also pretty sarcastic, I try to make my sarcasm more entertaining than rude, but if I am rude and I catch it right away I’ll apologize because it might’ve been offensive to the person. I’m usually sarcastic to my family or really close friends because some other people won’t get my sense of humor. I have three types of sarcasm, mean sarcasm but I don’t try to be, funny sarcasm, and annoying sarcasm to the point I do it too much and it’s super

| Sarcasm is a typical teenage behavior that is funny to some, but annoying to others. In this sentence he uses sarcasm.

While in court, Giles being the sarcastic man he is made a comment about Parris’s math. Parris made a simple addition problem while in court and Giles Corey clapped back with a sarcastic joke about it as if it were a very challenging problem. I as well have a sarcastic attitude just like Giles Corey. Teachers always pick up on my sarcasm in class very quick. Whenever a teacher explains or tells the class to do something, I tend to question the teacher as if they aren’t sure what they were saying. On top of that, I always crack simple jokes to everyone. Whenever Anthony Bellotti asked me for the time, I told him “it’s time for you to get a watch”. My sarcasm and Giles Corey sarcasm connect us both together very

situational irony. Verbal irony is when a person says something, but the opposite is meant.

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One of the elements of humor Dave Barry uses in this text is sarcasm, which is used for a comic effect by adding bitter remarks that mocks making it comical because they are hiding the true joke by using a different tone. An example of this is when he said “The corn belt sheriff does not specify why he would wish to catch the giant mutant flea or what kind of warning he feels the flea should give. (stand back! I am about to jump 50 times my own height)” This creates a humorous effect because of the sarcasm and ridicule that is used

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Tim Oates is very sarcastic throughout his article, which really makes him play with emotions through pathos. His emotional appeal is kind of told through how a robot would think with emotions. By talking in a sense of how a robot would think emotionally a sense of humor is given, because, logically, how would a computer have emotions? He uses this idea, that computers can’t have emotion, to his advantage as a common folk would nearly understand that a computer can’t have emotions, realistically. The way he incorporates this is with sarcasm through. In other words, Oates uses the fact that robots can’t have emotions, and if they did, it would be kind of funny to try to

Ehrenreich knew that most audiences most easily connect with humor; therefore, she used it very frequently. This sarcasm not only keeps readers involved, but it also makes certain connections that they would not normally put together.

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