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The Challenge of Comedy: Critiquing and Creating
Comedy
Visual Prompt: What makes people laugh?
U4nIT
Unit Overview
If laughter is truly the best medicine, then a study of challenges would not be complete without a close examination of the unique elements of comedy. Overcoming challenges is often easier when we are able to look at the humorous side of life. However, finding humor is not always easy; it can be a challenge in itself. In this unit, you will learn how authors create humor and how they use humor to reveal a universal truth (theme).
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Essay:
Made You Laugh by Marc Tyler Nobleman ................................142
Essay:
I’ve got a few pet peeves about
sea creatures by Dave Barry...........................................................157
from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare .....................................................................................169
Embedded Assessment .................................................................................179 Unit 4 • Overview 141
Dramatic Scene:
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