Today class was interesting as we were introduced to something new that is Parody. Parody is actually a satirical criticism or comic mockery that imitates the style and manner of a particular writer. It emphasize on the weakness on the writer. One of the Parody that was introduced in class today was from Ambrose Bierce, Preface to the Devil’s Dictinory. According to Dr.Edwin, Ambrose Bierce is always cynical and known as the hater of mankind. Dr.Edwin also told us that Parody could be used in class and it works well with high English proficiency students, as the student must know the original meaning to understand the cynical meaning that is given. Some of the example in the Handbook that interests me was the meaning of life that was given Ambrose Bierce. According to him, life is seen as spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. Hmmm how interesting… Besides Parody, Dr.Edwin introduce to the class Limerick. It is actually a form of a poem. It is a 5-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet. Its rhyme pattern is abba. This poem is meant to be funny. It contains hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, idioms, pun and other figurative devices. It is interesting and fun to learn limerick. Dr.Edwin also asked us to create a limerick in groups using the templates in the handbook. Some of my course mate comes out with creative and funny limericks. This poem could be use once a while in classroom as it gives less stress to students. They could write in a relax and funny way. Besides that, student’s creativity could be build and it promotes group work. Overall, I feel I learn something new and fun that I could use in my classroom later.
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