Literary Terms Vocabulary: Irony Irony A contrast between expectation and reality. It can be: • tragic • profound • funny There are three types or irony: 1. verbal 2. situational 3. dramatic Verbal Irony When we say the opposite of what we mean. e.g.‚ When a mother walks into a room and sees that her children‚ instead of doing their homework‚ are playing video games‚ she gives them a stern look and says "Once you’re done with your very important work there‚ let’s take some time
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Christmas dinner is a joyful time for me. Walking through the front door of Grandma’s house and the aroma of Bar-B-Q makes my mouth water. I look around to see my aunt‚ uncles‚ and cousins. Then I see the presents shining under the lights of the tree. Christmas dinner is my favorite because of the food‚ the family‚ and the gifts. One thing that makes Christmas dinner my favorite is the food. My favorite foods served at Christmas dinner are the ribs‚ potato salad‚ and desserts. The ribs are peppered
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After leaving the village‚ the troops marched down a narrow dirt path‚ the tramping of their feet merging with the rustling of weeds. The heavy mist was strangely animated‚ kaleidoscopic. Tiny droplets of water pooled into large drops on Father’s face‚ clumps of hair stuck to his forehead. He was used to the delicate peppermint aroma and the slightly sweet yet pungent odour of ripe sorghum wafting over from the sides of the path – nothing new there. But as they marched through the heavy mist‚ his
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was eaten right away‚ however‚ Grimm’s Red Cap promises “As long as I love‚ I will never by myself leave the path‚ to run into the wood‚ when my mother has forbidden me to do so.” While Freeway does have a road that Vanessa takes on her way to grandma’s house‚ the path that she actually strays from is society’s morals. After spending time with Bob and realizing his true wolf nature‚ she fights back to escape. “Do you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior?” is her only question to Bob before shooting
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there. I got there and the door was wide open‚ and the whole thing was torn apart flour bags slit open‚ plates broken on the floor‚ every drawer open‚ and even the seat cushions were slit open and the stuffing was torn out. Then i heard a noise from grandma’s apartment. I got up the stairs‚ and a dark shadow was standing in the middle of the room with a baseball bat and swung at me. I dropped to my knees and begged them to not hurt me. It turned out to just be Charlie. He was walking by the bakery and
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MAN’S BEST FRIEND - DOGS Why are we say that a dog is a man’s best friend? Before talking about how important of dogs to our lives‚ we have to know where they come from. Dogs are domestic animals that humans first domesticated 15‚000 years ago in the last Ice Age. The ancestors are the wolf dogs. These animals are used to keep as a pet or for entertaining reasons. Dog is a well-known animal. It has four legs‚ and a sharp sense of hearing and smelling. A dog’s brain is very developing. Dogs can
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hostile towards each other. Thus‚ Yun-Yun’s presence at XiaoYian’s party was definitely not something Xiao-Yian would want to see. Which caused Xiao-Yian and Adi’s marital conflict. Min Min and NJ’s marital conflict‚ on the other hand‚ was caused by grandma’s sudden illness. Min Min felt that all the burdens were on her‚ and she could not find a way out of the routine work‚ which made her felt lost and hopeless in her life‚ eventually she could not take it anymore. But NJ was not doing anything before
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Trapped I am stuck. There is no where to move. I cannot get away from this place‚ but why would I ever want to leave? Being trapped does not live up to all of the connotations that the term had been dubbed with. Trapped is too often a state of mind where‚ in the right situation‚ it can be the greatest achievement a person can have. I‚ myself was trapped in time. My entire world halted and nothing else mattered‚ this was onset by a specific place in my life. My grandmother’s lake has been the single
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a slave. “Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn’t for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and to do.” (16) She felt that financial security‚ respectability‚ and upward mobility were all things to be valued in Janie’s life. Her Grandma’s influence led Janie to her first marriage to Logan Killicks. Despite her choice to marry Logan‚ Janie had always felt that “Husbands and wives always loved each other‚ and that was what marriage meant.”(21) The absence of love was immediately recognized
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so we did so. we arrived at my grandma’s‚ eat‚ and left and got back into hunting mode. but as we were‚ we look over and see a massive buck running across the field and then it jumped an 8 foot fence at a dead sprint heading right to our spot. We hurry back to our spot got set up and we
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