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    Irony (4) Irony: A rhetorical device‚ literary technique‚ or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning. Example: “’We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship… Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced’” (329). Lee‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. Context: In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ during class‚ little Cecil Jacobs gives his current event about Adolf Hitler to the class. Miss

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    Pride and Prejudice: Irony "It is a truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife".(pg.1) The first sentence of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is perhaps the most famous opening of all English comedies concerning social manners. It encapsulates the ambitions of the empty headed Mrs. Bennet‚ and her desire to find a good match for each of her five daughters from the middle-class young men of the family’s acquaintance: "The business

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    What is sound? Sound is a wave‚ a pattern—simple or complex‚ depending on the sound—of changing air pressure. Sound is produced by vibrations of objects. The vibrations push and pull on air molecules. The pushes cause a local compression of the air (increase in pressure)‚ and the pulls cause a local rarefaction of the air (decrease in pressure). Since the air molecules are already in constant motion‚ the compressions and rarefactions starting at the original source are rapidly transmitted through

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    The Story of An Hour: Irony In Kate Chopin’s short story "The Story of an Hour‚" there is much irony. The first irony detected is in the way that Louise reacts to the news of the death of her husband‚ Brently Mallard. Before Louise’s reaction is revealed‚ Chopin alludes to how the widow feels by describing the world according to her perception of it after the "horrible" news. Louise is said to "not hear the story as many women have heard the same." Rather‚ she accepts it and goes to her room

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    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

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    situations in a story. The tranquil diction used by Yukio Mishima in The Sound of Waves is very important to the calm island setting used in the story. The author’s smooth word choice complements the burgeoning love between Shinji and Hatsue‚ the two main characters. Mishima’s style also accentuates many instances of situational irony between the two young lovers and is only one of the many elements he uses in his composition. The Sound of Waves is a love story about Shinji and Hatsue and how they conquer

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    What is the biggest animal ever to exist on Earth? By considerable measure‚ the largest known animal on Earth is the blue whale. Mature bluewhales can measure anywhere from 75 feet (23 m) to 100 feet (30.5 m) from head to tail‚ and can weigh as much as 150 tons (136 metric tons). That’s as long as an 8- to 10-story building and as heavy as about 112 adult male giraffes! These days‚ most adult blue whales are only 75 to 80 feet long; whalers hunted down most of the super giants. Female blue whales

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    Along with using paradoxes the Party is filled with different types of irony‚ which not only messes with the character‚ but also the reader. The Ministries carries a lot of the irony in the novel‚ therefore it is no surprise that without them the government couldn’t keep people oppressed. Now‚ according to Oceania the Ministry of Truth dealt with media and education‚ the Ministry of Peace with war‚ the Ministry of Love with law and punishment and the Ministry of Plenty with economic affairs. Now

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    Об АВТОРЕ‚ о его КНИГЕ и о КОММЕНТАРИИ к ней Язык книги Питера Абрахамса «Тропою грома» нетруден‚ словарь‚ которым пользуется автор‚ невелик по объёму‚ в тексте встречаются грамматические конструкции‚ которые в основном входят в программу 1-го курса обучения на факультетах и в институтах иностранных языков. Поэтому эта книга будет доступна студентам на 2-м курсе или даже в конце 1-го курса. Язык Питера Абрахамса характеризуется некоторыми особенностями‚ и прежде всего это касается словаря

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    CLIMB EV’RY MOUNTAIN Climb every mountain Search high and low Follow every byway Every path you know Climb every mountain Ford every stream Follow every rainbow Till you find your dream A dream that will need All the love you can give Every day of your life For as long as you live Climb every mountain Ford every stream Follow every rainbow Till you find your dream A dream that will need All the love you can give Every day of your life For as long as you live Climb

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