Some consider humor to be the Holy Grail of public speaking. The old adage, ‘Always start with a joke’, endures like no other. Behind this is the idea that a well-timed gag will win over any audience and open them up to your message. But the role of comedy in public speaking is far more complex and subtle than this phrase would have you believe.
For any person who must speak in public or private, to business or pleasure groups, humor is an invaluable indispensable tool for getting your message across.
The document discusses different types of speeches according to purpose, focusing on entertaining speeches. It provides guidelines for creating an entertaining speech, such as choosing an appropriate lighthearted topic, enjoying yourself as the presenter so the audience can enjoy it too, keeping it simple for the audience to follow, and using vivid language and strong images to make the presentation visceral. The overall goal of an entertaining speech is to make the audience smile, relax, enjoy themselves and possibly laugh through telling jokes, funny stories or dramatizing anecdotes.
The document discusses impromptu speaking and provides strategies for being an effective impromptu speaker. It recommends listening to the question, pausing before responding, confirming you understood the question, telling your response, and ending your response. Some strategies for structuring a response include expressing an opinion on the topic, addressing the cause and effect, breaking the topic into components, or discussing the past, present, and future of the topic. The document also provides a short list of things speakers should avoid doing, such as apologizing or rambling. Overall, the document encourages practicing impromptu speaking techniques to feel more prepared and confident responding without advance preparation.
The document provides an introduction to public speaking, defining it as conveying ideas and sharing opinions and information to an audience in a formal setting through effective speech. It discusses the necessary elements of public speaking, including the speaker, audience, and occasion. It also outlines important factors that make an effective public speaker, such as personality, intelligence, integrity, training, and technique.
This document provides an overview of persuasive writing techniques, including defining key terms like main proposition, supposition, introduction hook, counterargument, and call for action. It discusses choosing words carefully based on their denotation and connotation. The document also distinguishes between facts and opinions, and covers logical and emotional appeals in persuasive writing.
This chapter discusses writing personal essays. It explains that personal essays are meant for exploration rather than proving a thesis. The chapter outlines strategies for developing personal essay topics, such as using journaling prompts to generate ideas and narrowing topics by judging which raise the most interesting questions. It also discusses drafting and revision techniques tailored for personal essays, like focusing on narrative elements and ensuring the larger significance is clear. The goal is to find a purpose in telling one's own stories that provides insight for others as well.
8 steps to overcome your fear of public speakingGetSmarter
The document provides 8 steps to overcome the fear of public speaking: 1) Find a topic that interests the audience; 2) Tell a story with an introduction, body, and conclusion; 3) Practice your speech through repetition to improve delivery; 4) Calm your nerves before speaking; 5) Start your speech strongly to engage the audience; 6) Use eye contact to connect with the audience; 7) End your speech powerfully to leave an impression; 8) Review your performance and continue practicing public speaking to fully overcome your fear.
This document provides guidance on writing an effective argumentative essay. It explains that the purpose is to convince the reader of a particular point of view by using facts and examples to back up opinions. It recommends introducing the topic in an attention-grabbing way like with a shocking statement, quotation, or statistic. The body should make arguments to support the position and address alternative viewpoints. Each paragraph requires examples or research to elaborate the argument. The conclusion restates the key points and opinion, and can ask a question or recommend actions for the reader.
Some consider humor to be the Holy Grail of public speaking. The old adage, ‘Always start with a joke’, endures like no other. Behind this is the idea that a well-timed gag will win over any audience and open them up to your message. But the role of comedy in public speaking is far more complex and subtle than this phrase would have you believe.
For any person who must speak in public or private, to business or pleasure groups, humor is an invaluable indispensable tool for getting your message across.
The document discusses different types of speeches according to purpose, focusing on entertaining speeches. It provides guidelines for creating an entertaining speech, such as choosing an appropriate lighthearted topic, enjoying yourself as the presenter so the audience can enjoy it too, keeping it simple for the audience to follow, and using vivid language and strong images to make the presentation visceral. The overall goal of an entertaining speech is to make the audience smile, relax, enjoy themselves and possibly laugh through telling jokes, funny stories or dramatizing anecdotes.
The document discusses impromptu speaking and provides strategies for being an effective impromptu speaker. It recommends listening to the question, pausing before responding, confirming you understood the question, telling your response, and ending your response. Some strategies for structuring a response include expressing an opinion on the topic, addressing the cause and effect, breaking the topic into components, or discussing the past, present, and future of the topic. The document also provides a short list of things speakers should avoid doing, such as apologizing or rambling. Overall, the document encourages practicing impromptu speaking techniques to feel more prepared and confident responding without advance preparation.
The document provides an introduction to public speaking, defining it as conveying ideas and sharing opinions and information to an audience in a formal setting through effective speech. It discusses the necessary elements of public speaking, including the speaker, audience, and occasion. It also outlines important factors that make an effective public speaker, such as personality, intelligence, integrity, training, and technique.
This document provides an overview of persuasive writing techniques, including defining key terms like main proposition, supposition, introduction hook, counterargument, and call for action. It discusses choosing words carefully based on their denotation and connotation. The document also distinguishes between facts and opinions, and covers logical and emotional appeals in persuasive writing.
This chapter discusses writing personal essays. It explains that personal essays are meant for exploration rather than proving a thesis. The chapter outlines strategies for developing personal essay topics, such as using journaling prompts to generate ideas and narrowing topics by judging which raise the most interesting questions. It also discusses drafting and revision techniques tailored for personal essays, like focusing on narrative elements and ensuring the larger significance is clear. The goal is to find a purpose in telling one's own stories that provides insight for others as well.
8 steps to overcome your fear of public speakingGetSmarter
The document provides 8 steps to overcome the fear of public speaking: 1) Find a topic that interests the audience; 2) Tell a story with an introduction, body, and conclusion; 3) Practice your speech through repetition to improve delivery; 4) Calm your nerves before speaking; 5) Start your speech strongly to engage the audience; 6) Use eye contact to connect with the audience; 7) End your speech powerfully to leave an impression; 8) Review your performance and continue practicing public speaking to fully overcome your fear.
This document provides guidance on writing an effective argumentative essay. It explains that the purpose is to convince the reader of a particular point of view by using facts and examples to back up opinions. It recommends introducing the topic in an attention-grabbing way like with a shocking statement, quotation, or statistic. The body should make arguments to support the position and address alternative viewpoints. Each paragraph requires examples or research to elaborate the argument. The conclusion restates the key points and opinion, and can ask a question or recommend actions for the reader.
This document provides guidance on media training and interviews. It discusses preparing for interviews by understanding the media's motivations and what drives coverage. Key strategies discussed include knowing the audience and reporter, having clear messages to communicate, being prepared with additional information, and using techniques like hooking, bridging and flagging to steer the discussion. The document advises being engaging, avoiding traps, and bridging to key messages when necessary. It also covers dos and don'ts of interviews and the role public relations can play in supporting spokespeople.
This document discusses different types of listening:
- Informative listening focuses on understanding the core message.
- Appreciative listening involves listening to music or speakers for pleasure.
- Critical listening judges credibility and logic to make informed decisions.
- Discriminative listening identifies subtle cues like tone of voice or pauses.
- Empathic listening focuses on understanding the speaker's feelings without interrupting.
- Good listeners pay attention without interrupting while bad listeners are distracted or interrupt.
This document provides guidance on writing reflectively in 3 parts: description, interpretation, and outcome. For the description, write a short summary of the key details of the experience including who, what, when, and where. For the interpretation, analyze meaningful aspects and ideas as well as how your thoughts and feelings changed throughout. For the outcome, discuss what was learned and how the experience impacted skills, understanding, and next steps.
Issues and challenges of business journalismPrem Khanal
Economic journalism in Nepal faces several issues and challenges. [1] Business journalism is a relatively new field, only starting in 1992. [2] There are conflicts of interest between management seeking profits, and editors seeking unbiased reporting. [3] Business news is often presented in a too complex manner for general audiences to understand. [4] The reliability of business news is sometimes questionable due to overreliance on single sources and untrained spokespeople. [5] There is a lack of training programs and reference materials for both working journalists and academic study of business journalism in Nepal.
This document provides guidance on writing editorials. It outlines the typical stages of an editorial, including introducing the topic in the head, providing background in the neck, making an argument in the body using at least three reasons, supporting those arguments with evidence in the arm, and proposing a solution in the leg. It also discusses different types of editorials, such as those that criticize, inform, persuade, or praise. The key aspects of a successful editorial are thinking originally, providing strong evidence, writing in third person, using active voice, being mature and fair, and offering a solution.
This document provides guidance on writing a review in 3 parts: an introduction, main body, and conclusion. The introduction summarizes key details about the title, author/director, type of media, and setting in 2-3 sentences. The main body has two paragraphs, with the first discussing the plot chronologically and the second providing comments on positive/negative aspects and characters. The conclusion includes an overall assessment and recommendation.
This document provides guidance for creating an effective video resume. It recommends that a video resume be 1-2 minutes long, filmed in a professional setting with proper lighting and attire. The script should introduce yourself, highlight qualifications and experience, and state your expectations and strengths. It also emphasizes practicing the script, editing the video professionally, and promoting it online and with applications to give yourself an edge over competitors.
This document discusses different types of speeches and guidelines for planning a speech. It outlines four main types: informative speeches which teach information to audiences; layout speeches which provide directions; demonstration speeches which teach how to do something; and persuasive speeches which aim to change opinions or motivate action. It provides tips for choosing a topic, gathering reliable information, understanding the purpose and objective, and knowing the audience. The final section encourages selecting a speech type, researching, developing and presenting the speech to a group.
Our faces reveal multitudes about what we are thinking, feeling, intending. A slack jaw hints that we’ve been surprised, flared nostrils suggest hostility. Drooping eyelids indicate sadness or perhaps just … exhaustion. This is to say nothing of the powerful messages communicated by the face in the embarrassed downward glance, the flirtatious “look away,” or the piercing stare.
Because our facial expressions are reliable indicators of our true emotional state, they are a liespotter’s best friend. While not every lift of the eyebrows or tightening of the lips will yield an infallible “truth” or “lie” verdict, trained liespotters can glean much from careful study of the face.
This presentation is based on the book liespotting - proven techniques to detect deception by Pamela Meyer, founder and CEO of Calibrate, a leading deception detection training company.
This document provides information about journalism and news writing. It defines what a journalist is and discusses different types of journalists by medium, task, and message covered. It also defines what constitutes news and its key characteristics like being factual, accurate, and unbiased. Additional sections cover the differences between facts and opinions, bias, tips for accurate reporting, subjective vs objective writing, editorializing, ensuring balance, and the importance of objectivity and accuracy. The document concludes with discussions on what makes something newsworthy, other news considerations, using the 5Ws and H format, and the inverted pyramid structure for news stories.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including the structure, types of leads, and steps in the writing process. It discusses building the story with an inverted pyramid structure, emphasizing important details in the lead paragraph. Types of leads include summary, novelty, and others that answer who, what, when, where, why and how. Tips are provided such as emphasizing the lead, arranging facts by importance, and avoiding opinions. Examples of reporting on school news like classroom activities, meetings and honor rolls are also included.
Find out your current level of public speaking or presentation skill. Work your way up from there. Some people may not fit in one single level completely. But they can use the described tips or remedies.
With dedication, practice, and the right approach, anyone can become a master in public speaking.
Stay with Podium (First idea sharing and public speaking platform of Bangladesh) and its sister concern Crash Course (Skill development platform) for more !
The document discusses stage fear or performance anxiety, which is the anxiety and fear experienced when having to perform or speak in front of an audience. It notes that stage fear is common and can be caused by factors like lack of preparation, fear of judgment, and past negative experiences. Physical symptoms of stage fear include dry mouth, sweating, shaking, and nausea. The document provides strategies for reducing stage fear such as thorough preparation, practice, visualization, breathing exercises, maintaining eye contact with the audience, and acknowledging that some stage fear can be useful for heightened performance.
This document provides instructions on how to write an argumentative essay, specifically how to introduce a counter argument and rebuttal. It explains that an argumentative essay has three parts: a claim, a counter claim that argues against the claim, and a rebuttal that refutes the counter claim and reaffirms the original position. It provides examples and key phrases to use in the counter claim and rebuttal sections and advises the reader to consider their audience and opposing viewpoints.
This document discusses elements of persuasive presentations. It defines persuasive presentations as messages that influence audiences by changing their responses to ideas, issues, or products. It outlines three types of persuasive speeches: to inspire feelings/motivations, to convince beliefs/attitudes, and to influence behaviors/actions. The document also discusses Toulmin's model of argument construction, common fallacies to avoid, and organizational patterns for persuasive speeches like problem-solution, logical reasons, and criteria-satisfaction.
This document outlines 9 principles of journalism according to Ani Asatiani's public relations course. The principles are: 1) Journalism's first obligation is to truth 2) Its first loyalty is to citizens 3) Its essence is discipline of verification 4) It must maintain independence 5) It serves as an independent monitor of power 6) It provides a forum for public criticism 7) It makes the significant interesting 8) It keeps news comprehensive and proportional 9) Its practitioners exercise personal conscience. The document then provides further explanation and context for each principle.
This document provides tips on using humor in presentations to engage audiences. It discusses several types of verbal humor like word play, exaggeration/understatement, ridiculous statements, jokes/stories, gags/games, and jargon. Each type is explained with an example and pros and cons. The document recommends using a mix of 2-3 humor types to keep audiences engaged without boring them. It promotes additional training resources to help presenters incorporate humor effectively.
The document discusses different types of humor used by Aristophanes in his plays, including parody, satire, situational comedy, slapstick, scatological humor, sexual humor, verbal humor, and bathos. It provides examples of each type from Aristophanes' play The Wasps, such as the parody of tragic poets, satirizing Athenian values and politicians like Cleon, the ridiculous situation of an old man addicted to jury duty, physical comedy like Procleon's escape attempts, suggestive language and crude actions, puns and wordplay, and sudden shifts in mood from serious to silly.
This document provides guidance on media training and interviews. It discusses preparing for interviews by understanding the media's motivations and what drives coverage. Key strategies discussed include knowing the audience and reporter, having clear messages to communicate, being prepared with additional information, and using techniques like hooking, bridging and flagging to steer the discussion. The document advises being engaging, avoiding traps, and bridging to key messages when necessary. It also covers dos and don'ts of interviews and the role public relations can play in supporting spokespeople.
This document discusses different types of listening:
- Informative listening focuses on understanding the core message.
- Appreciative listening involves listening to music or speakers for pleasure.
- Critical listening judges credibility and logic to make informed decisions.
- Discriminative listening identifies subtle cues like tone of voice or pauses.
- Empathic listening focuses on understanding the speaker's feelings without interrupting.
- Good listeners pay attention without interrupting while bad listeners are distracted or interrupt.
This document provides guidance on writing reflectively in 3 parts: description, interpretation, and outcome. For the description, write a short summary of the key details of the experience including who, what, when, and where. For the interpretation, analyze meaningful aspects and ideas as well as how your thoughts and feelings changed throughout. For the outcome, discuss what was learned and how the experience impacted skills, understanding, and next steps.
Issues and challenges of business journalismPrem Khanal
Economic journalism in Nepal faces several issues and challenges. [1] Business journalism is a relatively new field, only starting in 1992. [2] There are conflicts of interest between management seeking profits, and editors seeking unbiased reporting. [3] Business news is often presented in a too complex manner for general audiences to understand. [4] The reliability of business news is sometimes questionable due to overreliance on single sources and untrained spokespeople. [5] There is a lack of training programs and reference materials for both working journalists and academic study of business journalism in Nepal.
This document provides guidance on writing editorials. It outlines the typical stages of an editorial, including introducing the topic in the head, providing background in the neck, making an argument in the body using at least three reasons, supporting those arguments with evidence in the arm, and proposing a solution in the leg. It also discusses different types of editorials, such as those that criticize, inform, persuade, or praise. The key aspects of a successful editorial are thinking originally, providing strong evidence, writing in third person, using active voice, being mature and fair, and offering a solution.
This document provides guidance on writing a review in 3 parts: an introduction, main body, and conclusion. The introduction summarizes key details about the title, author/director, type of media, and setting in 2-3 sentences. The main body has two paragraphs, with the first discussing the plot chronologically and the second providing comments on positive/negative aspects and characters. The conclusion includes an overall assessment and recommendation.
This document provides guidance for creating an effective video resume. It recommends that a video resume be 1-2 minutes long, filmed in a professional setting with proper lighting and attire. The script should introduce yourself, highlight qualifications and experience, and state your expectations and strengths. It also emphasizes practicing the script, editing the video professionally, and promoting it online and with applications to give yourself an edge over competitors.
This document discusses different types of speeches and guidelines for planning a speech. It outlines four main types: informative speeches which teach information to audiences; layout speeches which provide directions; demonstration speeches which teach how to do something; and persuasive speeches which aim to change opinions or motivate action. It provides tips for choosing a topic, gathering reliable information, understanding the purpose and objective, and knowing the audience. The final section encourages selecting a speech type, researching, developing and presenting the speech to a group.
Our faces reveal multitudes about what we are thinking, feeling, intending. A slack jaw hints that we’ve been surprised, flared nostrils suggest hostility. Drooping eyelids indicate sadness or perhaps just … exhaustion. This is to say nothing of the powerful messages communicated by the face in the embarrassed downward glance, the flirtatious “look away,” or the piercing stare.
Because our facial expressions are reliable indicators of our true emotional state, they are a liespotter’s best friend. While not every lift of the eyebrows or tightening of the lips will yield an infallible “truth” or “lie” verdict, trained liespotters can glean much from careful study of the face.
This presentation is based on the book liespotting - proven techniques to detect deception by Pamela Meyer, founder and CEO of Calibrate, a leading deception detection training company.
This document provides information about journalism and news writing. It defines what a journalist is and discusses different types of journalists by medium, task, and message covered. It also defines what constitutes news and its key characteristics like being factual, accurate, and unbiased. Additional sections cover the differences between facts and opinions, bias, tips for accurate reporting, subjective vs objective writing, editorializing, ensuring balance, and the importance of objectivity and accuracy. The document concludes with discussions on what makes something newsworthy, other news considerations, using the 5Ws and H format, and the inverted pyramid structure for news stories.
The document provides guidance on writing news stories, including the structure, types of leads, and steps in the writing process. It discusses building the story with an inverted pyramid structure, emphasizing important details in the lead paragraph. Types of leads include summary, novelty, and others that answer who, what, when, where, why and how. Tips are provided such as emphasizing the lead, arranging facts by importance, and avoiding opinions. Examples of reporting on school news like classroom activities, meetings and honor rolls are also included.
Find out your current level of public speaking or presentation skill. Work your way up from there. Some people may not fit in one single level completely. But they can use the described tips or remedies.
With dedication, practice, and the right approach, anyone can become a master in public speaking.
Stay with Podium (First idea sharing and public speaking platform of Bangladesh) and its sister concern Crash Course (Skill development platform) for more !
The document discusses stage fear or performance anxiety, which is the anxiety and fear experienced when having to perform or speak in front of an audience. It notes that stage fear is common and can be caused by factors like lack of preparation, fear of judgment, and past negative experiences. Physical symptoms of stage fear include dry mouth, sweating, shaking, and nausea. The document provides strategies for reducing stage fear such as thorough preparation, practice, visualization, breathing exercises, maintaining eye contact with the audience, and acknowledging that some stage fear can be useful for heightened performance.
This document provides instructions on how to write an argumentative essay, specifically how to introduce a counter argument and rebuttal. It explains that an argumentative essay has three parts: a claim, a counter claim that argues against the claim, and a rebuttal that refutes the counter claim and reaffirms the original position. It provides examples and key phrases to use in the counter claim and rebuttal sections and advises the reader to consider their audience and opposing viewpoints.
This document discusses elements of persuasive presentations. It defines persuasive presentations as messages that influence audiences by changing their responses to ideas, issues, or products. It outlines three types of persuasive speeches: to inspire feelings/motivations, to convince beliefs/attitudes, and to influence behaviors/actions. The document also discusses Toulmin's model of argument construction, common fallacies to avoid, and organizational patterns for persuasive speeches like problem-solution, logical reasons, and criteria-satisfaction.
This document outlines 9 principles of journalism according to Ani Asatiani's public relations course. The principles are: 1) Journalism's first obligation is to truth 2) Its first loyalty is to citizens 3) Its essence is discipline of verification 4) It must maintain independence 5) It serves as an independent monitor of power 6) It provides a forum for public criticism 7) It makes the significant interesting 8) It keeps news comprehensive and proportional 9) Its practitioners exercise personal conscience. The document then provides further explanation and context for each principle.
This document provides tips on using humor in presentations to engage audiences. It discusses several types of verbal humor like word play, exaggeration/understatement, ridiculous statements, jokes/stories, gags/games, and jargon. Each type is explained with an example and pros and cons. The document recommends using a mix of 2-3 humor types to keep audiences engaged without boring them. It promotes additional training resources to help presenters incorporate humor effectively.
The document discusses different types of humor used by Aristophanes in his plays, including parody, satire, situational comedy, slapstick, scatological humor, sexual humor, verbal humor, and bathos. It provides examples of each type from Aristophanes' play The Wasps, such as the parody of tragic poets, satirizing Athenian values and politicians like Cleon, the ridiculous situation of an old man addicted to jury duty, physical comedy like Procleon's escape attempts, suggestive language and crude actions, puns and wordplay, and sudden shifts in mood from serious to silly.
This document defines sense of humor as the tendency to experience emotions that encourage laughter and fun. It discusses the importance of sense of humor, including becoming more efficient, likable, and able to relieve tension and bring people together. Tips for developing a sense of humor include knowing your style, finding humor in everyday situations, avoiding negative people, not fretting, taking cues from children, being silly, and learning to laugh at yourself. The document also notes some limitations of sense of humor, such as offending others based on race, gender, religion or hurt feelings, and the need to use humor positively and appropriately.
This document discusses the benefits of humor in the workplace. It states that humor can reduce stress, improve productivity and morale, and make the workplace more enjoyable. Some key benefits mentioned are that laughter releases endorphins, improves respiration and circulation, and suppresses stress hormones. While humor is important, the document notes that not all types like sarcasm or ethnic humor are appropriate. Overall, the document advocates cultivating humor and fun in the workplace when done respectfully.
Secrets Of A Winning Humorous Speech
How to be seriously funny without using sex, politics, discrimination or vulgarities. There are 8 humorous techniques that you can use immediately to make your next speech humorous!
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The document provides examples of different types of verbal humor including riddles, anecdotes, limericks, bloopers, puns, and jokes. It shares riddles, stories, poems, mistakes, wordplay, and a brief joke to illustrate each category of humor.
This document provides tips for better brainstorming. The first tip is to not judge ideas and welcome unusual suggestions. The second tip is to think outside the box and suspend assumptions. The third tip is to build on others' ideas by combining suggestions to form better solutions. The fourth tip is to stay focused on the specific question being addressed. The final tip is that generating more ideas increases the chances of finding a good solution.
Definition of humor - public speaking skills - Manu Melwin Joymanumelwinjoy
Humor is defined as "the mental faculty of discovering, expressing or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous".
Ludicrous is an adjective meaning amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration or eccentricity. What is incongruous? It is something lacking congruity, inconsistent within itself.
The document discusses various forms of digital humor including memes, internet shows, photo bombing, intentional and accidental cell phone humor, and issues around inappropriate digital humor that has led to firings. It also covers the evolution of digital communication technologies from books to cell phones and how they have shaped new genres of humor spread through social media, videos, and images shared online.
Theories of humor - public speaking skills - Manu Melwin Joymanumelwinjoy
What exactly is it about a situation that makes it laughable? We all know that some things do make us laugh; but it is very hard to say just what it is that these laughable things have in common.
The third eye, located between and above the eyebrows, is considered an important center of intuition in Tantric tradition. It marks the location of the sixth chakra, which many experience energy blockages in but tapping into can provide deeper inner wisdom and trust. We can stimulate energy flow through the third eye by downplaying physical sight through closing the eyes in yoga, using a blindfold, or focusing the gaze. Forward bends and ending practice with hands in prayer position over the third eye also support its health.
This document discusses the benefits of humor in the workplace. It notes that humor can enhance respiration, circulation, and boost the immune system. It also states that humor reduces stress, fulfills social needs, and increases creativity. The document provides tips for using humor effectively at work, such as putting funny items around the office, using humor to diffuse tense situations, and building a culture where humor is accepted. It emphasizes that humor improves mood, communication, and productivity which leads to higher employee retention rates and enjoyment of one's work.
The presentation has been written and prepared by Asmaa Shehata Hassan , EFL Master student , in the Faculty of Education , Ain Shams University . Under the supervision of Prof. Zeinab El _Naggar a professor in the curriculum and instruction in the same faculty. It is about using humor to maximize English Language learning. It has been presented by Asmaa Shehata Hassan and Roqya Mustafa .
The culture and society of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is centered around Pashtun culture and traditions. The dominant ethnic group is Pashtuns and the main languages spoken are Pashto, Hindko, and Urdu. Pashtunwali is an important code of conduct that governs Pashtun life based on principles like hospitality, honor, and courage. Traditional dress, music, dance, crafts, cuisine, and sports reflect Pashtun cultural heritage.
1) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a population of 17.8 million and its main ethnic group is Pashtuns. Pashto is the common language.
2) The culture is highlighted by clothing like shalwar kameez for men and long kameez with dupatta for women. Dishes include chappli kabab and dam pukht.
3) The province has a 52% literacy rate and universities include Peshawar University. The economy relies on cash crops, dry fruits, and tourism. Famous poets include Rehman Baba and Khushal Khan Khattak.
The document discusses the benefits of having a good sense of humor. It states that those with a good sense of humor are able to lighten moods, diffuse tensions, and attract others. Developing this trait involves seeing the humor in everyday things, being non-judgmental, focusing on positivity, and weaving common sense into interactions. A good sense of humor can be cultivated by noticing wit and humor more naturally, accepting situations, and making others smile through playfulness rather than seriousness.
Effective communication, verbal and written, is a key to success in legal profession. Humour and wit can contribute significantly to excellence in communication skills. A well organised effort in that direction has to start at law schools.
The document provides an overview of a lesson on satire that will be discussed, noting that thorough notes should be taken as there will be a summative test on the material on Monday, May 13th with no retakes allowed. It then defines satire and various satirical techniques like parody, irony, sarcasm, understatement, caricature, reversal, and reductio ad absurdum that may be seen in satirical works. Sample questions are also provided to analyze satirical targets, techniques, justification, and effectiveness.
This document contains a poem titled "Once Upon a Time" by Gabriel Okara. It discusses how the speaker has learned to disguise their true self and emotions through social interactions. They have learned to laugh and smile without feeling joy and to say nice things while feeling bored. The speaker wants to rediscover their authentic self from when they were younger. Students are tasked with developing a critical response to analyze the poem's structure, imagery, language and effect. They must also show empathy for the speaker. Later, students will create a creative writing response inspired by a line from the poem.
This document discusses different types of humor and provides examples. It defines an anecdote, corny joke, non-PC joke, put-down, limerick, epigram, pun, and sitcom scene. Examples of each are given and identified. The document also discusses cleft sentences, providing the structure and different types like it-cleft and wh-cleft. Examples of rewriting sentences as cleft sentences are provided.
The document provides tips and advice for effective public speaking. It discusses the importance of being well-prepared, overcoming stage fright, engaging the audience, using humor appropriately, gestures, and concluding powerfully. Specific tips include starting simply, practicing, making eye contact, speaking conversationally, and being confident in delivering one's message.
Laughter and humor are two powerful tools, helping people cope and get through stressful situations.
Looking at life’s situations with a sense of humor and laughter provides perspective and helps keep things in balance when life seems unfair.
Humor and laughter are a source of power, healing, and survival. We often forget this when caught up in the troubles and trauma of life.
As one comedian says, “If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.”
This document provides guidance and tasks for a Year 12 media studies class on analyzing stereotypes. It includes definitions of key terms like stereotype, conform, and subvert. Students are asked to analyze images for how they conform to or subvert stereotypes. They will then work in groups to present on how gender, age, ethnicity, or social class are portrayed in media through representations and the use of sound. Dialogue, tone, pitch, and diegetic vs non-diegetic sound are discussed. For homework, students must analyze a TV or film clip to discuss stereotype representation through sound and how it portrays certain characters as superior or inferior.
This lesson is over what makes a writer's voice: tone, word choice, and style. This interactive lesson helps students understand the concepts of tone, word choice, and style. Finally, there are tips for developing your own writer's voice.
Persuasive Texts: The language of persuasion by Jeni MawterJeni Mawter
Children's and Young Adult Author and Writing Teacher Jeni Mawter shares her knowledge and insights in persuasive writing techniques.
Suitable for NAPLAN students.
No matter what language we are speaking, the figure of speech is a must part of our life! Yes, intentionally or unintentionally, we use figures of speech in our day-to-day conversations and oral communication. However, that is a good thing! The figure of speech is an essential part of grammar, and it is necessary to
The document discusses using drama techniques to teach English. It provides examples of drama activities like role plays, improvisation exercises, mime activities and interactive storytelling that develop language skills through creativity, collaboration and emotional engagement. The document advocates for process over product and suggests drama helps students gain confidence using English while developing fluency, tolerance and creativity.
The document discusses the concept of mediation in media texts. It explains that every media text represents a version of reality rather than reality itself, as the media takes real people and events and changes them into the final media product. It provides the example of a comedy show being mediated through repeated rehearsals and editing to produce the half hour broadcast. Representation is then discussed as how groups, individuals, or social changes are portrayed in the media through subjective rather than objective constructions. Any representation is a mixture of the thing itself, the opinions of its creators, individual reactions, and the social context. Key points to consider with TV drama representations are what is represented, how, who is responsible, and how it can be interpreted. Ster
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3. Types of humor
1. Self – effacing humor
2. Personal anecdotes
3. Similes / metaphors
4. Quotations
5. Lists
6. Predictions
7. One liners
4. Types of Humor
• What do you think of
when you think of humor?
I’m guessing that you think
of jokes. Most of us do and
when speakers start using
humor in their speeches,
they add jokes.
5. Types of Humor
• They give a bit of their
speech, then tell a joke,
then another bit of their
speech, then another
joke… and that’s what the
result sounds like…
speech. joke, speech,
joke….
6. Types of Humor
• Forget jokes, look for
humor that adds to
your speech, makes a
point or illustrates
something you’re
saying.
7. Types of Humor
Self – effacing humor
• if you want to have a little
fun at someone’s
expense, make sure it’s at
yours. As the speaker you
should be big enough to
take a little ribbing and
the audience will admire
you for it.
8. Types of Humor
Personal anecdotes
• we’ve all had
humorous experiences
or heard people say
funny things, so weave
them into your
speeches.
9. Types of Humor
Personal anecdotes
• Audiences are more likely to
warm to amusing anecdotes
and observations that draw
on your own experiences.
These stories tend to feel
more real, less forced and
give your audience
opportunities to connect
with you as a speaker.
10.
11. Types of Humor
Similes / metaphors
• Similies and
metaphors are a great
source of humour on
any subject you can
think of.
12. Types of Humor
Similes / metaphors
• “Life is rather like a
tin of sardines – we’re
all of us looking for
the key.”
Alan Bennett
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16. Types of Humor
Quotations
• Funny quotes are the No. 1
best way to use humor in a
presentation because funny
quotes are brief, and you can
easily memorize several
quotes that you can toss out
when you think it's time for
some humor.
17. Types of Humor
Quotations
• Plus, when you quote
someone else, you're
somewhat in safe territory
because if it bombs, it was
that other person that
actually said it, not you, so
you gain some distance
there. But if the quote gets a
great reaction, then you get
the credit for making them
laugh.
18. Types of Humor
Quotations
• There are huge
volumes of quotations
out there just waiting
to be used to illustrate
your points and add
humour to your
speeches.
19. Types of Humor
Quotations
• I’m a kind of
paranoiac in reverse –
I suspect people are
plotting to make me
happy.”
J.D. Salinger
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22.
23. Types of Humor
Lists
• Whenever you use a list
of at least three items you
can inject a little humor.
The first few items follow
a pattern and the final
item catches the audience
by surprise.
24. Types of Humor
Lists
• It is by the goodness of God
that in our country we have
those three unspeakably
precious things: freedom of
speech, freedom of
conscience and the
prudence never to practice
either of them.”
Mark Twain
26. Types of Humor
Predictions
• “Computers in the
future will weigh no
more than 1.5 tons.”
Popular Mechanics,
forecasting advance
of science, 1949
27. Types of Humor
One liners
• I know I’ve told you
not to tell jokes, but
one liners are short
enough not to
interupt the flow of
your speech.
28. Types of Humor
One liners
• “Start every day with
a smile… and get it
over with.”
W.C. Fields
29. Types of Humor
Props
• Think about your topic
and if there are any
props you could use to
lighten things up and
inject some humor in
your speech.
30. Types of Humor
Props
• I once saw a presenter give
a talk about how to deal
with problems, and he had a
couple of stuffed animals
on stage with him - one was
a guppy to represent small
problems and the other was
a whale to represent big
problems. Whenever he
talked about a big problem
and held up the whale, the
group would laugh.
31. Types of Humor
Cartoons
• If you're using an
overhead projector or a
PowerPoint presentation,
it's very easy to insert a
funny one-panel cartoon
into your presentation.
The funniest cartoons will
be ones that have
something to do with the
topic of your presentation.