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Shaggy Dog Stories

Question to analyze: Why is the punch line always at the end of the story?

1, 5, & 6 are what questions we used in Gee’s text that provides evidence for our answers to our question.

We found that the answers to the text questions we chose can be found in the Code/Patterns in each story we read.

Codes/Patterns:

·      Sequence format to the stories

·      Hype up the story to leave you with a laugh at the end

·      Ending ties everything you read together

·      Personal connection made throughout the story that trigger emotions at the end when reading the punch line, such as happiness or laughter

·      Social language that is easy to understand and attracts an audience that has background knowledge that leads them to comprehend the punch line and associate it with something humorous

·      Knowing previous knowledge of the subject will make the punch line funnier.

·      Most endings have a play on words

*  Some type of violence in the story line
* Development of the story line
* Sequence
* Provide background

Examples from stories: 

-Typical stereotypes such as the joke with lawyer character.

-Smokey the bear is used in one of the stories that borrows facts and lines that we were previously familiar with

-The lawyer story contained a sequence of events that led up to the conclusion - the reader needed to know the information throughout the story before coming to the punch line at the end

Theory: In order to tell a story that result in a humorous punch line, the story must contain a sequence of events that is relatable to the audience. This gives the reader time to understand the story first, and then when reaching the end of the story they are awarded with an ending that pleases the reader.

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     Analysis. What does it mean to me. When looking at this word it means critical thinking. When I analyze anything I truly think about it. I go more in depth about what I have at hand and how I am going to handle the situation. It is a process of thinking for me that takes a lot of thought.
    In Gee's reading I would use his building tasks to help me further my research. I would go through all of the seven tasks. I would focus on the relationship of my research (just to name one). I would then pick out the ones that would pertain to what I am doing research on. All of the seven tasks are very useful. I will have to look further to see which ones i can use specifically for my research. With my earlier blog post I wrote what I am interested in researching. Being an education major I would be interested in how the school curriculum is set up. I would analyze different components to what makes up a school curriculum and how it benefits the students.

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     Ultimately I would like to be a special education teacher. I would be very interested in research writing for this particular job. Because of this major there are many research studies that I would take interest to. for the business aspect of writing I would take part in case studies and the writing of IEP's. These kinds of writing involves a lot of research. Each case study and IEP have to be customized  to each individual student to better fit their needs. It will involve a lot of time for one person to fully research a student to help them better.
    For the learning aspect of my field of study I would be involved in figuring out how to make the elementary school curriculum better. It will take a whole team of people to research how to make the curriculum better for the students learning.

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