Learn with Me: Humorous Eloquence

Author: Zheng Zhong Wang Mu Xing
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features:
Chapter 1 What is Humor
1. The Concept of Humor
2. The Characteristics of Humor
3. The Function of Humor
4. The Types of Humor
5. The Basic Essentials of Humor
Chapter 2 Principles of Humor
1. The Principle of Positivity and Optimism
2. The Principle of Equality
3. The Principle of Kindness
Chapter 3 The Mind of Humor
1. Breaking Conventional Association
2. The Wisdom of Pretending to Be Clueless
3. The Uncertain Displacement
4. The Formation of Humorous Thinking
Chapter 4 The Expression of Humor
1. Humorous Expression in Daily Life
2. Humorous Expression in Social Settings
3. Humorous Expression in the Workplace
4. Humorous Expression in Romantic Relationships
5. Training Methods for Humorous Expression
Chapter 5 The Logic of No Logic
1. Amusing Fallacies
2. Twisting the Original Meaning
3. Seeking Evidence from the Opposite Side
4. Pretending to Be Clueless to the End
5. From Absurdity to Absurdity
Chapter 6 Leveraging the Flow
1. Skillfully Borrowing the Topic
2. Extending a New Meaning
3. Applying and Altering
4. Exquisite Imitation
5. Turning Suffering into Joy
Chapter 7 The Wit of Taming Before Capturing
1. Laying the Foundation
2. Setting Up Suspense
3. Skillful Hints
4. Feigning Action in One Direction to Attack in Another
5. Softening the Sharpness of Attack
Chapter 8 The Wonderful Use of Rhetorical Devices
1. Hyperbole
2. Pun
3. Contrast
4. Metaphor, Personification, and Other Rhetorical Devices
Chapter 9 Exquisite Humor Essentials
1. Social Humor
2. Workplace Humor
3. Daily Life Humor
4. Love Humor
5. Marriage and Family Humor