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Key Questions

How does Wilde use language anddramatic techniques to generatehumour?

How can we explain the continuedinterest in this play in diferentcontexts and at diferent times?

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Starter

What makes somethinghumorous?

In pairs, nd something unny topresent to the class! It could "e animage, short passage or #ideo!

Why is it funny?

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What diferent types o comedy 'humour are there?

What ma(es The Importance of BeingEarnest unny?

What techniques does Wilde use tocreate humour in his play?

How does this relate to the (ind ocomedy that we still en)oy today?

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Independent tas(

Write down * episodes ' quotationswhich you ound unny whenwatching the play!

You must be able to explain whythey are humorous.

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Humour in Earnest

Satire

+uns 'uphemism '-ou"le ntendre

pigrams

.ista(enIdentities

-ramatic Irony

+aradox

.oc(ery

Sarcasm

Hyper"ole

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In groups

Write a detailed response to the (eyquestion/ How does Wilde uselanguage and dramatic techniques to

generate humour?

$ry to use the #oca"ulary learned intoday0s lesson in your response, e!g!satire, pun, epigram &

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+eer 1ssessment

1ssess another response usingcriterion 2 3 4 o the assessmentcriteria or +aper 5/

B. Response to the question

C. Understanding of the use andeects of stylistic features!

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p6i6gram

7! 1 concise poem dealing pointedlyand oten satirically with a singlethought or e#ent and oten ending

with an ingenious twin o thought!

5! 1 terse, sage, or witty and otenparadoxical saying!

!g! 8It is a #ery sad thing that now6a6days there is so little uselessinormation!9

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%ow create your own:

Imagine what an audience wouldexpect you to say a"out a su")ect,such as marriage, and then change a

word or two in the sentence to ma(eit say the exact opposite!

4hoose one o the ollowing topics/marriage, lo#e, money, school, I2,the en#ironment, Hong Kong, politics,

success, music!