Shaggy Dog Stories #2

Friars

-History

-Formal Vocabulary

-Non-essential details

-Keyword for punch line

-Culture Knowledge

-Irrelevant punch line

-3 plot Development

Panda

-Repetition

-3 plot Development

-Story Background

-Cultural Knowledge

-Language/Vocabulary

-Panda is a stereotypical rude New Yorker

Knot

-3 plot development

-Story background

-Dialogue - imaginary character

-Background knowledge

-Play of words

TFIG

-Play on words

-Real Characters

-Cultural Knowledge

Czech

-Punch line had nothing to do with the story

-Literary Language

-Imaginary happenings in the story (bear eating someone whole)

-Cultural Knowledge (lawyer joke)

-play on words (punch line)

The features that all jokes have in common are the following:

-Cultural Knowledge

-Play on Words

-All speak about relatable human experiences

-All humorous punch lines
-Fables/Lessons/Morals