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Definition- to make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade
 
Synonyms: jesting, jocose, jocular, mock, play, comical, amusing, funny, humorous
 
Antonyms: grave, sad, serious, mature, tragic, unfunny, solemn, formal, miserable, morose

            "Yaaaay!" the girls cheered. They high-fived each other as Dean pulled out of the OCD parking lot.

"Okay, so who wants to play What Would You Rather?" Alicia asked once they were on the road. Massie always thought of fun games for carpool and Alicia would be no different.

"What's that?" Kori asked. She was slouching so severely, her butt was handing off the edge of her seat.

“Yeah, how do you play?’ Strawberry said.

“I’ll give you a scenario and you say which one you’d rather do.?

“Its fun,” Faux added, clearly trying her best to be a good beta.

“I’ll start,” Alicia said, sitting up tall. She looked out the window for inspiration. “Okay, I have one.” She whipped her head around to face her audience. “What would you rather? Count every strand of hair on your head or every breath you take?”

“Hair,” Faux yelled out. “The second I think about breathing, I can’t breathe anymore. And then I would die.”

“What about you guys? Hair or breath?”

Kori and Strawberry stared back at Alicia, then eventually turned to look at each other. They giggled nervously before Kori finally spoke.

“Uh, I don’t think either is really possible.” She chuckled through her nose. “For starters, who can count that high?”

“And what if you lose count? Do you have to start over?” Strawberry pounded her fist against the limo window. “You’d have to be crazy to pick either one.”



-Revenge of the Wannabes: A Clique Novel by Lisi Harrison

In this excerpt there are girls together in a car having a good time playing games and talking. Lisi Harrison has her characters play a game called which would you rather. When the girls start to play there is a light-hearted tone which brings joy and excitement into the scene. When two of the girls start to laugh both are conveying a joking tone because they are having a good time and giving funny answers to the question.

AP Lang '07-'08