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Writing Comedy

Example #1:

The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library. --Albert Einstein

[Einstein, A. (2019). The only thing you have to know. Librarianship studies and information technology. Retrieved on June 13, 2020 from https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2019/02/the-only-thing-that-you-absolutely-have.html]

Example #2:

"I've always thought Fred and I should've get E in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams." --George Weasley (p. 311)

[Rowling, J. K. (2003). Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix. Scholastic. 311.

Example #3:

"I have told your [hobbit] names to the Entmoot...and [after discussing all day] we have agreed: you are not orcs." --Treebeard (p. 469)

[Tolkien, J. R. R. (1994). The two towers. Houghton Mifflin. 469]

What is exaggerated in each example?


HINT: In Examples 2 and 3, a characteristic of the speaker is exaggerated.

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