Lesson 7 “The Rocking-Horse Winner” I. Use of irony in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” A. Verbal irony 1. In the opening sentence‚ the mother “had no luck.” 2. The opening sentence is literally true only in the restricted sense that the mother gives for luck: “It’s what causes you to have money.” B. Dramatic irony 3. The boy’s last words are “I am lucky.” 4. Again‚ the statement can only be literally true within the mother’s
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Caingat‚ Franchete O. Bachelor of Arts in English 4-A Contemporary Literary Theory Define the following terms and give at least five (5) examples each: Anagram‚ Pun‚ Oxymoron‚ Irony‚ Dramatic Irony‚ Situational Irony and Verbal Irony. 1. Anagram Anagrams are an extremely popular form of literary device wherein the writer jumbles up parts of the word to create a new word. From the syllables of a phrase to the individual letters of a word‚ any fraction can be jumbled to create a new form. Anagram
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Necklace"‚ does a better job of showing situational irony? She tries her best to have this image of being wealthy when in reality she is broke. Both stories do a good job of showing situational irony ‚but "The Necklace"‚ does a way better job. In the "Lamb of the Slaughter"‚ they have about two or three examples of irony. One is the name of the story. The name of the story had me thinking an innocent animal is about to die. The other example of irony is the murder weapon. The murder weapon is a frozen
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THE LANGUAGE OF HUMOUR – THE HUMOUR OF LANGUAGE IRONY AND HUMOUR IN INTERPERSONAL VERBAL ENCOUNTERS Zsuzsanna Ajtony Abstract: In this paper the problem of verbal humour and irony is approached from a sociolinguistic perspective‚ starting from the Semantic Script Theory of Humour (Raskin 1985)‚ which establishes that all humour involves a semantic-pragmatic process. Humour should be understood and appreciated shared sociocultural knowledge; a common code should exist between speaker and recipient
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Literature 15 September 2012 Humor in “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor has always liked to use various types of humor and irony in her stories centered around the dark‚ tragic‚ and uncomfortable ways of life. She uses these literary techniques to mask what she is truly trying to say. "Good Country People" by Flannery O ’Connor is a prime example of humor and irony which makes fun of the simple‚ intellectual‚ as well as the incongruous people in the world. The most blatant and simple type
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direction the story will head. First‚ how the relationship between Mrs. Peebles and Edie catapult Edie to new relationships. Then there is wondering where the relationship between Edie and Chris will head. This causes the short story to have two types of irony‚ situational and dramatic because of the direction the story starts off then changes and ends up. Edie is a fifteen year old girl living on a farm. She has daily chorus to do on the farm that consist of doing laundry and making bread as well as cakes
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Example- The tree danced in the wind as the air was blowing. 10. Verbal irony: irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means something else Example- "Water is as clear as mud" - The person actually says that the water is not at all clear. 11. Dramatic irony: the dramatic effect achieved by a speech that shows an incongruity of which the characters in the play remain unaware 12. Situational irony: irony involving a situation in which
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To many‚ A Modest Proposal‚ is quite the opposite‚ as it is filled with irony‚ sarcasm‚ and little sincerity. This is more closely related to the word‚ absurd‚ rather than ‚modest. From my standpoint I believe that this idea outlined by Johnathan Swift was done as a comic solution during the troubling time of famine in Ireland. Swift did not have the intention of this proposal to ever be taken seriously and actually implemented‚ but rather use it in order to get the attention of Ireland’s government
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way of insults‚ or could simply be used to dramatize a situation‚ where in reality‚ the situation may not be that bad. I’m so busy trying to accomplish ten million things at once. Your dog is so ugly‚ we had to pay the fleas to live on him. 4. Irony is stating one thing while
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Mary Shelley uses different types of irony throughout her novel Frankenstein to draw her readers in and to put an emphasis on her characters. Not only does the irony place emphasis on the characters it also helps build the tone and theme of the novel. Throughout the novel Frankenstein it is very obvious that Victor Frankenstein has changed dramatically. In the beginning Victor Frankenstein was a sane‚ ambitious man who focused on his studies but as time goes on and he creates a creature he begins
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