Stand-up comedy

Reading, "Me Talk Pretty One Day", by David Sedaris, is like being at a stand-up comedy show. The article is full of puns and points that make you feel as though you are suffering through this French class with him. Despite all the humor in it, there are some main points I believe he is trying to convey. David Sedaris' main claim of perseverance is well argued, because the author never gives up in spite of a teacher who is rough with him, he spends extra time on his school work while immersing…

I spent a lot of recess time reading and writing short stories or shifting through dirt looking for rocks to add to my collection. And as a grown 22 year old woman I still love to read and write and ill occasionally have to resist the urge to pick up a promising quart…

presents one idea while he blatantly intends another – and it’s obvious to the reader. In the first two sentences of his piece, Barry reminds parents that “summer vacation is here, and if you have kids, you know what that means! It’s time to put them up for adoption!” The seriousness of this statement mustn’t even be questioned, which makes sarcasm the ideal rhetoric to blatantly state the stress kids create while on vacation. Later in the article, Barry cues parents to recall “the tremendously…

This is one of the most used sentences in the classroom when teachers ask students to study a little bit more. I am not here to simply discuss about your priorities, so I would like to show you several funny, easy, and efficient ways to practice and learn English during the day. Most students think that in order to practice English, they are supposed to stop doing whatever they’re doing, get their school 's book, and start reading it for hours. I am not saying that method is wrong, but it is…

encompasses. The term describes ‘a mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule and scorn. Satire is often an incidental element in literary works that may not be wholly satirical, especially in comedy. Its tone may vary from tolerant amusement, […] to bitter indignation […] The alternative form of 'indirect' satire…

been thinking about Jimmy, and I know she misses him. “Sadie, trust me, you will do great.” I tell her. “There is absolutely nothing to be nervous about.” She runs her fingers through her hair and taps her foot nervously. I walk around the table to stand behind her and fix her now frizzy hair. “You can’t ruin your hair yet. You still have to walk in front of a ton of people.” She quickly turns around and shoots a glare at me. “You aren’t helping!” With a groan, she turns back to the mirror.…

Urban schools are most always portrayed in a negative light. Such is the case in the movie called Stand and Deliver which takes place in a high school in East Los Angeles during the 1980’s. This movie is based off a true story about a teacher by the name of Jaime Escalante, played by Edward Olmos, who worked diligently with a group of roughneck students because he thought that every student has the potential to learn. He believed that if the students and teacher had enough “Ganas” or motivation…

Suffice to say, the show could appeal to multiple audiences between the intellectual crowd, the connoisseurs of comedy, animation geeks, and general populace. Perhaps the show could stand as an important standard for similarly oriented programs, but who really knows or cares? Rick would just want people to enjoy the…

Tommy Hilfiger How long does the first customer contact take in each business? The first customer contact happens in this store when the customer is ready for checkout. The duration of the contact is as long as the process in which the salesperson rings up the merchandise and accepts the payments. What possible "barriers" or annoyances do customers experience? The barrier in this business is that customer contact happens at the end of the visit. There is no salesperson to welcome their customers…

in ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’, the overarching theme of incomprehensibility and absurdity is explored through the coin-flipping scenes and throughout the play. In the opening scene, when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern flip a coin, it lands heads-up eighty-five times consecutively. Even then, although Guildenstern is ‘well alive to the oddity of it’, he attempts to make sense of the strange phenomenon, applying the mathematical law of probability to the problem and speculating each the next…