List and give examples of four strategies for achieving humor in after-dinner speeches
What will be an ideal response?
1. Humorous topics: funny subjects or humorous treatments of serious subjects.
2. Humorous stories: funny anecdotes.
3. Humorous verbal strategies: puns, spoonerism, malapropism, hyperbole, understatement, verbal irony, and wit.
4. Humorous nonverbal strategies: physical or vocal elements such asposture, gesture, pauses, and intonation.
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A) individual communication. B) non-applied media. C) interpersonal communication. D) basic pedagogy.
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What kind of listening is identi?ed as listening with a sense of purpose and involvement?
A) active listening B) listening for enjoyment C) passive listening D) empathetic listening
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