Facial expressions that further add to the hand signs. Word signs that are expressed poetically using regular or modified hand movements, palm orientations, and hand locations. Pleasing to the eye, not based off of sounds. Based off of visual aspects instead of verbal/auditory aspects. Life Experience Stories in which personal experiences are told Often humorous, or of an important occasion Example: ASL Metaphor Example: Bird of a Different Feather. Metaphors are a way to describe something. Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Tells culturally appropriate and representational stories. Has a wide range of ASL vocabulary choices to accurately represent the specific concept being conveyed. Uses bodyshift and eyegaze to model the characters in the story as they communicate with each other. Knows how to use ASL role playing methods. Uses appropriately animated facial expressions. 
This is how information is communicated and passed down from generation to generation
Story telling is a form of literature in Deaf culture. 
Story Telling is very important in ASL culture. 
Such humor also contains cultural messages and plays an important role in cementing the society. The visual/manual modality of ASL creates special opportunities for humorists to play with the rules of grammar to entertain and enlighten us.
Humor plays a strong role in storytelling. The storyteller and the story have an important role to play in the bonding of the Deaf-World and the transmission of its heritage and accumulated wisdom. ASL is an unwritten language, so the art of storytelling is very much a part of Deaf culture. American Sign Language has a rich literacy tradition. Gossip = an example of modern storytelling. Language arts seems a likely home for the art of storytelling however, storytelling techniques and process can support exploration in many other curriculum area. 
Subject areas come to life when narrative is introduced. Since the beginnings of cultural history, people have been passing on knowledge through the speaking/listening process of storytelling.
The art of storytelling is an appealing way to transmit information. ASL Storytelling Martin High School ASL Level III
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