Using Sarcasm Can you tell me what sarcasm is?

(adj) Sarcastic: to say the opposite of how you feel (but it is clear to people) Example: It is raining hard today. There is no sunshine. It is a nice day? (yes/no) But a sarcastic person would say: What a beautiful day! or We should go the beach today. Example 2: Your friend tells you that she was on the internet doing online shopping all day. Is her job hard? (yes/no) A sarcastic person would say, Your job sounds _______ __________ Example 3: Your friend says, China has lot of people. Do you have to be smart to know this? (yes/no) A sarcastic person would say, you are _______ __________ A sarcastic person would say, Really, I ____________ know that. Finish the following situations with sarcastic statements: Your friend eats Tonkatsu every day for lunch and dinner. I __________ think he likes _______________ He only _______________ healthy food Your teacher is late for the class: Thanks __________being _______ time I ____________ have to wait _______ all Good thing you ________ a watch Your computer is very slow: What a ____________ computer This computer ___________ bother _______ at all

So, when can we use sarcasm? 1) When something is very obvious What could you say when people are talking about Bill Gates? 1) 2) What could you say when people are talking about Afghanistan? 1) 2) What could you say when people are talking about McDonalds? 1) 2) What could you say when its very hot outside? 1) 2) 2) When somebody does something wrong (might be rude) Imagine that someone has done something wrong or made a mistake. For example, you friend took a test a bombed it. At this time, (if you wanted to be mean/funny), you could use sarcasm: Example: Friend: I only got 15% on my history test You: Wow! Thats impressive. You must have studied hard. Example 2: (you finish) Your friends dog always barks and never comes when it is called. Wow, you trained ________ dog so ____________. Wow, you must have __________ a lot of time training your dog. Your friend missed an easy putt in golf: _______ putt!

Youre _____ good _______ this sport. Can ______ be ______ coach? I think you could compete ________ Tiger Woods. Now try your own: Your friend keeps falling while skiing: Your friend forgot to pick you up: Your friend put his shirt on backwards: Three) When Something Bad Happens to you When you get some bad news or something frustrating happens you can use sarcasm: While on the train to go to a job interview, a person from Canada (Tristan) spills coffee on your white shirt: Just Perfect Wanted Terrific Great That Isnt Love Hoped Timing

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Thats just what I _____________ to happen Oh, ___________! ________ that wonderful I ______________ this would happen. Perfect ________________. I _____________ when this happens. This is just _________________. ___________ as I wanted. ___________ just perfect. _____________! Respond to the following situations with terms from above or your own terms: 1. A dog pees on your shoe 2. You lose your passport on a trip to America 3. Your umbrella breaks when its raining hard 4. Your computer turns off and you lose all your files 5. The ATM eats your bankcard (slang) 4) When Something Unsurprising Happens Imagine that your friend went to do a business job interview wearing shorts and a t-shirt. You knew that he would never get a job dressed so casually. He comes back from the interview and says:

You: Howd it go? Friend: Not good. I didnt get the job. You: Thats a surprise. Look at how you were dressed! When using sarcasm in this manner, there are some common functions you can use. 1. 2. 3. 4. Thats a surprise/shock What a surprise/shock No way! I dont believe it. Get out of here! That cant be. Do people use sarcasm in your culture? If so, do you use it often? Do you think sarcasm is rude, funny, or both? With whom would you use sarcasm? As you can see, you might say the same things if you werent using sarcasm, sarcasm tends to be
expressed "paralinguistically" or "supersegmentally": using intonation, voice quality, facial expression etc. They have actually done studies on these features of sarcasm, but I wont bore you with them. Lets practice the pronunciation for the following situations: Your friend forgot to call you: Sarcastic comment: Thanks for calling me last night Your boss yelled at you at work: Sarcastic comment: My boss is such a great guy Its very cold outside Sarcastic comment: I cant wait to walk to work Your dog took a shit on the carpet Sarcastic comment: Thanks for leaving me such a nice treat Your mom called you at 6 am: Sarcastic comment: Thanks for calling me at a reasonable time Lets look at an example of sarcasm from a Canadian comedy show. Before we listen we will explore some key vocabulary they use. (verb) Mingle: to move around a party or social function and talk to many people I hate talking to new people at parties

I ________________________________________________________________ You should get up and talk to people at this event You ______________________________________________________________ What do you call someone who mingles? A _____________________________ (verb)Show up: go to something you are scheduled to go to John didnt come to work this morning John _____________________________________________________________ Form: ____________ shows up ___________ _____________________ Noun If I invite you, will you come? If _______________________________________________________________ (slang)X is not my game: Im not good at X Do you want to play soccer? No, Im terrible at soccer. No, Soccer _______________________________________________________ Im not really into karaoke Karaoke ________________________________________________________ (phrase)Far from it: (an answer) that says something is very different than the person thought Is Japan like China? _____________________. They are very different. (noun) Speech impediment: a problem someone has with sounds in their own language. When I was younger, I couldnt say the letter s. When I was younger, I had _________________________________________________ Its hard to get a good job if you cant speak properly. Its ____________________________________________________________________ (phrase)Yeah right: (sarcastic) I dont believe you prep Noun

My dad is Bill Gates ________________________________________________________________________

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1. I dont like using computers. Theyre __________ really my game. 2. Do you like computers? ______from it. I hate computers. 3. You should become a computer programmer? Yeah _______. Im terrible with computers. 4. Because of his speech _______________, people had a tough time understanding Jim. 5. Did you like the movie? Far from _______. I hated it. 6. At the party last night, I _____________ all night and got a cute girls phone number. 7. I cant believe he didnt call. If youre not going to ____________, you should at least call to say you cant make it. 8. Children with _____________ impediments often have to go to therapist to help them fix the problem.

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