Humor Rhetorical Analysis

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How is humour created in the story? Discuss Beth’s obvious respect for mother despite her irreverent attitude. Humour is portrayed in the story through Beth. Beth’s attitude was disrespectful to her mother by doing pitiful noises while her mother is talking to her and told her to go to her uncle’s birthday, but beth did want to go , but she had to. After what happened while she is shopping and thought that she is shoplifting, she respects her mom more and better than before. Joan Bauer uses several slan or non-standard words. Find three or four of these terms and define them. How does mom-standard language enhance or detract from the effectiveness of one’s writing? In which formats is non-standard appropriate. “I don’t tell sexiest jokes

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