years. Mad as Hell is well known for being able to incorporate various humour techniques such as understatement‚ allusion‚ irony‚ sight gags‚ and especially satire as well as others; it is as a result of the variety of techniques‚ a great example of this is the 8th episode of season 5. Lots of very powerful techniques were used in the Mad as Hell episode. Understatement‚ irony‚ and contradictions. The first technique we saw used in this film was an understatement; this took place in a hospital where
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4: Literary Devices (CHOOSE TWO BELOW) PUN * Copy lines that show 3 examples of a pun * Explain the pun by explaining the denotations of each word being punned. * Describe the effect of the pun DRAMATIC IRONY * Copy lines that shown 3 examples of dramatic irony * Explain what makes it ironic * Describe the effect it has on the situation TRAGIC FLAW * Identify the tragic flaws of the following characters: Romeo‚ Juliet‚ Tybalt * Support using lines from the text
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Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices Allusion An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference Generally a figure of speech making reference to a known place‚ event‚ literary work Example: an allusion to Shakespeare‚ “He was a real Romeo with the ladies.” Synonyms: hint‚ reference‚ innuendo‚ insinuation Cliché A worn out expression that takes place of an original thought; a phrase or expression that is overused or
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decide whether or not its narrator is truthful—or even sane. IRONY: THE UNEXPECTED Irony is a contrast between expectation and reality. Much of the horror in “The Tell-Tale Heart” comes from Poe’s use of irony. Look for these three basic kinds of irony as you read the story: • Verbal irony What is said is the opposite of what is meant. • Situational irony What happens is different from or even opposite of what we expected. • Dramatic irony We know something a character doesn’t know. Read the following
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experience the conflict between “vague” and “lucid”. The crucial paradoxical situation is brought about in the last line which reads‚ “All his life he had taught children language.” Dementia has transformed him into a child seeking language. Hence the irony of fate. The predicament
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reveals numerous popular literary elements. Some of the most prominent examples of literary elements are irony‚ symbolism‚ and foreshadowing. All three elements create the feel and atmosphere of the short story. They add illustration‚ mystery‚ and humor to the storyline. The irony in “Roman Fever” begins when the two daughters refer to their mothers as “young things”. This is verbal irony because their two mothers were described as aged and matronly‚ so the daughters were obviously mocking their
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Edgar Allen Poe‚ in particular‚ his use of dramatic irony and the tragic disparity of awareness we‚ as the reader‚ are privy to. Poe uses irony to cast a sarcastic undertone over his dark story and create a personal‚ almost fraternal relationship between the narrator and the reader. Poe establishes this relationship in the story’s opening referring to the reader directly as ‘you‚ who so well know the nature of my soul’ (Poe). The dramatic irony that then follows postulates a double audience. Fortunato
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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 the cruel gossip of the village they live in. The lack of control Shinji and Hatsue have of slanderous rumors created by the villagers is the groundwork for the situational irony found in the story when they hear‚ " Do you know people are spreading
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the flies Chapter four of Lord of the Flies is an important chapter of the book. It contains some key turning points of the plot and shows various major developments of the characters. It this essay‚ three quotes concerning theme‚ symbolism and irony in chapter four will be analysed. In chapter four Golding visualises the theme of savagery in pages 79 and 80 by describing Jack’s ‘new face’. “He made one cheek and one eye-socket white‚ then he rubbed red over the other half of his face and slashed
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dictionary defines humor as "a quality that appeals to a sense of the ludicrous (laughable and/or ridiculous) or incongruous." Incongruity is the very essence of irony. More specifically‚ irony is "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result." Flannery O’Connor’s works are masterpieces in the art of literary irony‚ the laughable and ridiculous. The absurd situations‚ ridiculous characters‚ and feelings of superiority that O’Connor creates make up her shocking and extremely
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