What is irony and how is it used in the story? Irony is a stylistic device‚ used by the author to keep the drama in the story going‚ for the reader’s enjoyment. It is the twist or unexpected event which blends the elements of the story together. In the instance of O. Henry he combines exaggeration [or hyperbole] and irony to add humor in the story. O. Henry is a master of irony and exaggeration‚ so that his stories have flavor and depth. In "The Ransom of Red Chief‚" O. Henry uses the three devices;
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value chain for a competitive business venture The Information Value Chain (IVC) is a concept developed by Sebastian Schwolow and Mikkel Jungfalk Andersen focusing on information‚ management‚ organisation and communication. Information is abundant and need to be filtered‚ managed for truly use as valuable information which is scarce‚ costs time and money. Effective management of information can reduce these costs and result in a true competitive advantage. Producing‚ maintaining and nurturing valuable
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Book: Meet me in Istanbul Author: Richard Chisholm The book is about: The story begins on Heathrow airport in London. Tom is going to Istanbul to see his fiancée. In the plane he sits next to a man named Kemal‚ they get along very well and Kemal gives Tom his phone number and says that Tom can call if he needs something while he’s in Istanbul. Tom thanks him and the separate. Tom remembered where he was supposed to go to meet Angela his fiancée. The Park Hotel‚ Taksim Square‚ then they would
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Modern Macbeth Act 1 scene 3 [The three emo kids enter] The three emo kids meet again and check in about what everyone’s been up to. Emo kid 1: Sister where have you been? Emo kid 2: Making lives miserable‚ the usual. Emo kid 3: Same here! All: (dancing together in a circle) We weird emo kids‚ hand in hand‚ better than anyone on this land. Three times to yours‚ and three times to mine‚ and three times again‚ to add up to nine. Enough! The charm is ready. [The Secretary and his best friend enter]
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an outcome of events that is contrary to what was expected. Many authors may use three different types of irony to get their point across. These types of irony are verbal‚ dramatic‚ or situational. They may apply irony to turn a story around and to give it a twist. One author who utilizes this technique is Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. In fact‚ Chaucer enhances irony in his story “The Miller’s Tale.” He incorporates irony to entertain his readers‚ critique society‚ and to teach moral lessons
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well so that it is easy for children to imagine what they are reading aside from looking at the pictures. In order to familiarize myself with the conventions and how to write a children’s book‚ I did a lot of research. I looked up things on the internet and I also looked through a few children’s books that belong to my little brother. By doing research I learned that children’s books are generally very colorful‚ there are typically pictures on every page and the font used for the words on the pages
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Amber Hiesel 3/25/13 Why Boy Meets World is the best show. Purpose: To tell the class why Boy Meets World was the best TV show of the 90’s and still is a good source of fun and lessons. Introduction: TV shows today are not family shows. When was the last time you sat down with your family and watched a show‚ without getting a little creeped out? For me that was back in the 90’s TV show from the 90’s are better family shows and have more lessons that help us all in our daily lives. And in
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The importance of Macduff in the play. from Keynotes Although the character is not developed in any great detail‚ Macduff performs a number of important dramatic functions. His reaction to discovering that Duncan has been murdered underlines the gravity of Macbeth’s crime. Macduff is a shrewd character‚ and the first to suspect Macbeth. After Macduff departs for England‚ he becomes a symbol of hope for his suffering country‚ later playing a central role in the counter movement against Macbeth
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Play in Aistear and Síolta‚ the national curriculum and quality frameworks The research is so clear about the benefits of play that in Ireland we have established play as central to the early childhood curriculum. Both Aistear‚ the national curriculum framework from the National Council For Curriculum and Assessment‚ and Síolta‚ the national quality framework from the Dept. of Education‚ emphasise the importance of play in the home and in early education settings. Aistear tells us that engaging
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The Annunciation is a particularly good showpiece for van Eyck’s obsession with the texture of fabrics: both the Virgin Mary and Gabriel are swathed in lavish robes that fold and hang with surreal‚ wholly gratuitous complexity. Van Eyck painted clothes‚ a critic once observed‚ the way other artists paint mountain ranges. The problem is‚ once you get past the first wash of amazement the painting becomes reticent and impersonal. The Annunciation is one of the most frequently painted subjects in Christian
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