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    mother and wife. To accentuate the ideologies placed on women Brady starts to list the duties that all mothers wives should be upholding. Through the use of sarcasm‚ extended hyperbole‚ and repetition‚ Brady creates a connection with all independent‚ career driven mothers‚ and wives in order to motivate them in their profession. Brady uses sarcasm to expose the unrealistic expectations put upon a mother and a wife by society. Brady takes a list of expectations and makes it more absurd to an extent

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    understood piece of writing. Hints of sarcasm and seriousness can be understood throughout the piece.

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    essay In How to Poison the Earth‚ the author Saukko uses sarcasm‚ satire‚ and ironic text in order to capture the readers attention and make them understand her purpose in the essay‚ which is to show people the future of out planet. From the very start‚ her thesis is very straight forward and grabs your attention right away. “Poisoning the earth can be difficult because the earth is always trying to cleanse and renew itself.” A sense of sarcasm is noticed in the authors tone as she is stating that

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    immediately support his argument. With the use of sarcasm and strong statements‚ he is able to back up his claim and successfully persuade his audience. For example‚ the author states “if there was one thing George Preston Marshall believed in‚ it was unity and respect. Oh‚ and also white supremacy. Unity‚ respect‚ and white supremacy”. The author makes many comments like this to establish a strong voice and opinion that further supports his claim. His use of sarcasm reveals the anger and frustration that he

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    magnaSoles will have on the wearer’s feet. This gives an irrelevant outcome for the words stimulate and soothe are not related at all and have different definitions. Towards the end of the paragraph the authors use unrealistic diction choices and sarcasm to make their claim. The word “Pseudoscience” is used to describe the type of “5 forms” of science used to make the MagnaSoles. The authors use the word “pseudoscience” for the word “Pseudo” means fake‚ allowing the reader to see that they are talking

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    A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift was written in 1720 as a satirical piece to highlight the child abuse inflicted on Irish catholic children by well to do English protestants. Swifts native heritage of Ireland put him in an excellent position as an observer and‚ eventually‚ a commentator‚ on the extreme poverty experienced by the Irish population. This poverty mostly caused by the ‘ruling class’ … the English…and their appalling mistreatment of Ireland‚ its

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    usually go the extra mile to make sure that their children are always happy.Even when it comes to replacing pets repeatedly.The essay‚ “I’ve got a few pet peeves about sea creatures” by Dave Barry is a high level comedic text that uses hyperbole and sarcasm to expose the truth that parents will go to great lengths to create positive pet experiences for their children. First Dave Barry starts using hyperbole here to explain how hard it is to find a suitable pet.”The aquarium guy would inform me that

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    newsroom‚ because you’re on the front lines” (Hiaasen). This literary work is used to expose the follies of its subject using techniques such as mockery‚ sarcasm‚ innuendo‚ and other witticisms. Satirists use this to point out a fault in society that they feel should be morally corrected. In order to correctly identify whether or not something is sarcasm or satire‚ you have to check for five attributes: object of satire‚ underlying message‚ type of irony‚ type of satire‚ and other literary techniques

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    Table of CONTEXT Absurdity ……………………………………………………………………... 1 Exaggeration ……………………………………………………………..….. 2 Farce ……………………………………………………………………..…... 3 Irony …………………………………………………………………………... 4 Malapropism ……………………………………………………………….... 5 Sarcasm ……………………………………………………………………... 6 Travesty ……………………………………………………………………….7 Understatement …………………………………………………………….. 8 Farce Definition: Light humorous play‚ exciting laughter through exaggerated‚ improbable situations. Usually contains low

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    what it would be like to be an officer in during war. By using a sarcastic and cynical tone‚ he is effectively able to condemn war. The beginning of the poem sets the tone and mood of the poem. The speaker uses highly connotative words to convey sarcasm. For example‚ in the first line of the poem he uses the words "…fierce‚ bald‚ and short of breath…" to describe a stereotypical World War I officer. Such words portray officers as old‚ out of shape‚ and therefore not fierce. He refers to the officers

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