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Humor

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Humor
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

High comedy is . . .

a sophisticated comedy; often includes satire and sarcasm

a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes

laugh nervously

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If someone titters, they . . .

sophisticated comedy; often includes satire and sarcasm

boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes

laugh nervously

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Slapstick comedy is . . .

a sophisticated comedy; often includes satire and sarcasm

a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes

laugh nervously

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A chuckle is . . 

expressing contempt or ridicule

a soft partly suppressed laugh

smile affectedly or derisively

cleverly amusing in tone;treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you mock someone, you . . 

expressing contempt or ridicule

a soft partly suppressed laugh

smile affectedly or derisively

cleverly amusing in tone;treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A smirk is. . . .

expressing contempt or ridicule

a soft partly suppressed laugh

smile affectedly or derisively; in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way 

cleverly amusing in tone;treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Facetious means. . . .

expressing contempt or ridicule

a soft partly suppressed laugh

smile affectedly or derisively; in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way 

cleverly amusing in tone;treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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