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1. Irony as we talked about in class is considered to be intellectual or a sort of dry humor. It also has a double meaning, where you say one thing but the opposite meaning is implied. For example, in the reading “SantaLand Diaries” David and another elf realized that Santa is an anagram of Satan. So they would substitute the word for Santa by using Satan in front of customers.
Irony is a literary element that the author may use to reveal a reality different from the actual reality. Though World War 1 is currently taking place, " A laughing young man" is arranging buttons to the corresponding locations of the troops on the map. To me the "laughing young man, sunny with freckles" placing buttons on the war map is ironic. Though World War 1 is a devastating catastrophe, this "young man" is joking to the crowd while marking the locations of where many military forces have died to
Zora Hurston uses irony when Joe attempts to kill Spunk with a " hollow ground razor" but instead he gets shot. Ironically, later in the story Spunk gets killed by a much bigger blade. " ... the saw got him in the body" (Hurston). This irony shows reflects
He would not answer yay or nay to his indictment; for if he denied charge they’d hang him surely, and auction out his property. So he stand mute, and died Christian under the law.” (Miller, pg. 125). Irony can be found in an event or statement that’s meaning is directly opposite to what someone might expect.
Onomatopoeia adds to the meaning behind metaphors and are used at the end of the 1st and 2nd stanzas, “Buzz. Click”/ “Zing. Tinkle.” These noises are giving the sounds that a secretary appliance would make. I thought not only was she an object, but a machine which is being used and controlled.
The Ironic Truth Irony is a complex and important element of literature that can help discover hidden perspectives within characters or hide the truth in plain sight. The story by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado” is a great example the dark ironic twist that happen in the story. The main character, Montresor, is hell-bent on getting his revenge on the man who shamed him, Fortunato. The verbal and dramatic irony that is being used in the story “The Cask of Amontillado” helps hide the true intentions that Montresor has planned for Fortunato. Verbal irony happens when one character says one thing but actually means something completely different.
Her thought was going to change, and she thought the matter of trying to exist and trying to improve herself
An example of irony in the section about the students is the idea of what is good or bad. As its states, “Students throw out many good things, including food” (Eighner 110). Presumably, food is thrown out because it is bad and is unfavorable to the student, however; Eighner finds that the student throwing out food is a good thing because it is favorable thing to him and others. Another example of irony is the food’s value. As its states, “The students does not know that, and since it is Daddy’s money, the student decides not to take a chance” (Eighner 111).
A few examples of irony that stood out to me throughout the story were “We came home with color in our cheeks-green”, “She took one whiff and she broke out in blotches”, and “Phillip was the leader. He was the one to get lost first”. I think one of the examples from the story that stood out to me the most was “We came home with color in our cheeks-green”. The mom expected them to come home with red on their cheeks from spending time outside and being hot and tired. But instead, they came back with their cheeks green instead, meaning they were sick.
Irony is a technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts ( Glossary... Pg 1). The greatest example of irony happens when it turns out Armand is the one that comes from black heritage. He learns this when he “finds a letter from his mom to his father explaining how he is black” turning the main plot of this story around (Chopin... Pg 5)
N. irony: there is an irony in the fact that the superior passion depicted on the urn is also unfulfillable. O. oxymoron: “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard” “Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;”. P. paradox: "Ditties of no tone" is a paradox because it’s hard to imagine a song that has no notes.
Abortion is still a prevalent occurrence in the United States. In fact, in the US, there were 926,190 abortions in 2014 alone. This number, however, is a decrease from the previous years. From 1975-2012, the average number of abortions were 1.3 million. Since 1973, there has been 59,115,995 abortions in the US alone.