Examples Of Irony In If You Come Softly
1. Irony ~ Page 122 ~ the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect ~ In the book, If You Come Softly, irony is utilized when Ellie refuses to call her mother “Mom” because her mother left on two occasions and Ellie is afraid she will leave again. Her mother tries to make Ellie except her as her mother again. This is irony because you expect Ellie to call her mother “Mom” but she does not.
2. Foreshadowing ~ Page 170 ~ an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. ~ "Jeremiah didn't know that they had been looking for a man. A tall, dark man. If he had known, he would have stopped when the shout came from behind him. But he was tangled up inside
2. Foreshadowing ~ Page 170 ~ an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. ~ "Jeremiah didn't know that they had been looking for a man. A tall, dark man. If he had known, he would have stopped when the shout came from behind him. But he was tangled up inside