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Works of humor are primarily intended to amuse the audience. Humorous writings can be of any length or any genre. An author may use a variety of techniques to entertain the audience, including satire, irony, surprise, and puns.
St. Ives is a place in Great Britain. This poem is a riddle. See if you can find the answer. Kits is a short word for kittens. —————————————- As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had…
Tina Turkey always wanted to be a mother. She was excited when she began to lay eggs in the spring, and she sat on them carefully to keep them warm. One by one, the eggs hatched, and Tina had six baby turkeys to take care of. They were light brown…
Below is the beginning of Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” published in 1865. The narrator visits Wheeler in a gold mining camp in California. ———————————— In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on…
Terry the turkey was very brave. The turkey flock usually stuck together, with all of the younger turkeys lining up to follow an adult as they made their way around Farmer Gregory’s fields. Together, the turkeys scratched in the dirt to find bugs and seeds to eat. “I’m not hungry,” said…
Today was the day of the school festival. When the bell rang at the end of class, Laurel and her friends went outside to the playground. It was decorated with colorful balloons and tents. Inside each tent was a table with a special activity. There was weaving, painting and jewelry…
Big Dog and Little Dog were best friends. They were both brown and liked to play. Even though they were the same age, Big Dog was very big, and Little Dog was very little. They lived next door to each other. Big Dog lived in a red house, and Little…
This is the beginning of Mark Twain’s essay “How to Tell a Story.” —————— I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the…
Edgar Allan Poe wrote several poems that contained a secret. An Enigma is one of those poems. Enigma means puzzle or mystery. There is a woman’s name hidden in the text. To find her name, use the first letter of the first line, the second letter of the second line,…
It was a hot day at the farm. Farmer Jenkins worked all morning in the corn field. Now he was tired. He went home for lunch. It was very quiet outside. Two black crows sat on an old fence nearby. Jim, the smaller crow, looked at all the ears of…
Harry was a small piglet. He lived on a farm with his mother. He had many brothers and sisters. Of all the piglets born that spring, Harry was the smallest. When it was time to eat, the bigger piglets always went running. They had longer legs and could run faster…
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