The assignment for this lesson is as follows:
Write a narrative about a humorous situation. Whether you focus on a real event or make up a fictional one, you must use comedic techniques and rich description to bring the experience to life.
You’ll start with a narrator who has a clear perspective, even if the narrator is you. Then you’ll build the scene from the ground up: You’ll describe the setting using imagery that appeals to the senses, you’ll bring out characters’ personalities with realistic dialogue, and you’ll use certain comedic techniques, like the ones Mark Twain uses, to introduce some humor.
Your assignment should include the following elements:
A first-person narrator whose perspective is clear
A problem or situation that builds up to a funny outcome
Imagery that makes the experience vivid
Realistic dialogue between characters
Comedic techniques, such as hyperbole, understatement, and irony
You should have completed a draft of this assignment in the activity before this one. If you haven’t done so, go back and complete that activity now
Write a narrative about a humorous situation.
