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    B.Sc. Engineering / B.Sc. in Transport & Logistics Management‚ University of Moratuwa Semester 7 (’09 Batch) Examination for Academic Year 2012/2013 (09 September 2013- 01 October 2013) 22/8/2013 REVISED Exam Duration (Hrs) Mechanical Electronics Computer 9-Sep-13 CE4022 Monday CS4322 9.00 am CS4742 Hydraulic Design Digital System Design Bioinformatics 125 7 29 1 125 7 30 2 2 2 Hall 2 ER4212 ER4512 EE4032 Contaminated Site Remediation Jewellery Production Technology

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    the symbolic or ironic names of its characters all work to convey a meaning that is even more disturbing than the shock created by its well-known ending" (Yarmove 242). In Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery"‚ she uses techniques such as symbolism and irony to reveal

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    • estar emocionado - excited • tener hambre - hungry • tener frío - cold • tener calor - hot • tener miedo - scared You need to use gestures as you teach them the expressions. Then your parents will report back on the experience in a voice activity. Your parent or guardian needs to answer the following questions in the voice activity: • Was it difficult or easy to learn the five expressions? Which expressions did you learn? How long did you spend learning and practicing the expressions

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    Chase Tidmore Intro To Lit Analyst Ms. Sheperis 10/20/11 Irony Within “The Gift of the Magi” “Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it‚ but cherished by those who do”‚ Soren Kierkegaard knew what he was talking about when he said these famous words. “The Gift of the Magi”‚ written by William Sidney Porter‚ often known by his pen name O. Henry. It is a short story depicting literary elements of irony‚ romance‚ and Porter’s sense of twist endings‚ and is all about a

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    (Attention Getter Here) Setting in this story “Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry”is very important. This story is about a family that deals with racism in the 1930’s where all people were not equal and there were busses‚ restrooms‚ water fountains‚ and ect. for black people and for white people. These are some of the most important locations in this story. The most important settings in this story are Logans home‚ school‚ and the Strawberry; Logans homes where they spend time together‚ school is where

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    latter from a new and unexpected side. In irony‚ which is our next item of consideration‚ subjectivity lies in the evaluation of the phenomenon named. The essence of this SD consists in the foregrounding not of the logical but of the evaluative meaning. The context is arranged so that the qualifying word in irony reverses the direction of the evaluation‚ and the word positively charged is understood as a negative qualification and (much-much rarer) vice versa. Irony thus is a stylistic device in which

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    ROLE OF IRONIES IN OEDIPUS REX Oedipus Rex is one of the best tragedies. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy must be an imitation of life in the form of a serious story that is complete in itself; in other words‚ the story must be realistic and narrow in focus. A good tragedy will evoke pity and fear in its viewers. Irony: Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. In Oedipus Rex‚ ironies play a vital

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    admits outright that he is an extremely greedy man and is only in it for wealth. In the story the pardoner tells‚ irony is heavily used. Verbal irony‚ situational irony‚ and dramatic irony are all used by Chaucer to enhance the message of the story as well as keep the reader interested. Chaucer uses verbal irony to reveal the extremely hypocritical nature of his characters. The best example of this can be found in the Pardoner himself. In the prologue‚ he states “Radix malorum est cupiditas.” This

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    story‚ Montresor takes revenge on Fortunado and kills him. Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”. Irony is when something happens‚ but you expected the exact opposite‚ Edgar Allan Poe used irony by having Montresor pretend to care about Fortunado ‚ by making comments about Fortunado ‚ and by Montresor saying he wants Fortunado to have a long life. First‚ Edgar Allan Poe uses Irony “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ when Montresor pretends to care about Fortunado. To illustrate

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    Open Window” the author uses all three types of irony. The writer uses the following types of irony in their story: dramatic‚situational‚ and verbal. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something more than a character in the story. Situational irony is when the opposite of what you were expecting to happen‚ happens. Verbal irony is the use of sarcasm. The writer uses all type of irony in the story. The author has great use of situational irony in the story. In paragraphs 22-24 the husband and

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