In the story “The sniper‚” the use of dramatic and situational irony brings out the theme of war knowing no limit. Irony helps the theme of this story by making the reader notice the details that are important in the story. Dramatic irony is shown when the sniper “considers whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. He decided to take the risk.” In this example‚ the sniper takes the risk of smoking and the readers knows that he will be spotted by the enemy. This displays how people tends
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At this time‚ I would like to take this opportunity to talk about tab stops‚ and what purpose they are used for. Using tab stops allows the author of documents to line up script or figures so that they stop at exact locations within a document providing uniformity (Microsoft Word‚ 2013). Sometimes when placing information into a word document for analysis by readers‚ it is important to divide the information into columns so that the readers will clearly understand your intent. This is easily done
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I was thinking about all the so called friends who’ve walked out on my life. The ones who gave me hope for my future. The ones who made me feel joy. The ones who made me feel like I matter. The ones who made me feel normal and valued. And then ditch me taking all of that away. I’m sick of it. But you know what? I always believed I was the cause. I was a loser. I made them leave. I screwed up again. My life is worthless. My future is dark‚ lonely‚ miserable‚ and will probably end in suicide. I
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naked. This begins a series of events in The Crucible by Arthur Miller where he uses irony to show that guilt can cause the most upstanding men to act uncharacteristically. Hale is invited to town to prove that there is no witchcraft in the town. He comes in with his books and godliness as the expert. The ironic part is that the only book allowed to be read is the Bible. As the trial goes on he finds himself saying‚ “I denounce these proceedings!”
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Irony Situational Irony The exact opposite of what you expect to happen examples: Cat chases dog Olympic swimmer drowns Fire at the firefighters station Verbal Irony When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means (aka sarcasm) examples: when its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather is occuring when you make a mistake and your friend says nice job Dramatic Irony You are in a secret that the rest of the characters dont know examples: In t.v. shows when
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Motor vehicle stops seem to be taken for granted day in and day out by college students on various campuses across the country. They are taken really seriously by police officers on college campuses‚ city streets‚ and even highways. College students these days feel as if the cops are just trying to ruin their fun or pull them over because they have nothing better to do. They don’t want to be pulled over that little bit of alcohol that pushed them a little or even double the legal blood alcohol limit
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characters‚ structure and so many more. A lot of stories are better than others because of the components of good irony‚ relate-able characters‚ and a good structure. Irony makes a really good story because it lets you discover a lot about a character and if he is good or bad‚ gonna do something to someone or help someone‚ and the personality of the character. For example writer Van Tomphson on his website says “This approach to irony can help the reader gain insight into each character’s personality. A character
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Public law– Stop and Search and Arrest I would advise Norbert that there are several factors that need to be considered before concluding if his search was legal. Firstly the question arises that did the policemen have the right to stop and search Norbert. It can be argued that the police did have the right to stop Norbert under PACE (s 1(3)) as they were suspicious that Norbert was involved in the theft that had taken place in the next street and Norbert was a well known burglar (Bentley v
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Spielberg brought these questions to the forefronts of the minds of millions of people. Through their combined works of 1984 and A.I. they present the question of humanity and our ability to love with the use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and situational irony. George Orwell’s depiction of Party members as animalistic‚ subhuman creatures paints a chilling portrait of our regression back to simple primates. Throughout 1984 a society where individual thought and emotions are smothered and annihilated to
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