We began class by reviewing terms last day: eschew, juxtaposition, poetry prose
We looked at several examples of humorous videos on Youtube and then brainstormed synonyms for comedy: humorous, comedic, folly, glee, mirth, satire, zany, slapstick, irony, sarcasm, schadenfreude, farcical, black comedy.
We then read Conversation with Cattle by David McFadden. We discussed the meaning of the poem and focused on the main point of today's lesson: comedy in writing is often subtle and is virtually never laugh-out-loud hilarity.
Students learned that their first bigger writing assignment, in a few classes, will be to discuss humour in a piece of writing.
chattel -- property or items that are owned by a person. There's a subtle reference to this in the poem we read today.
