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    because there are no humans. This house does everything cooks‚ cleans‚ and sings‚ everything a normal person would do. The thing about the title “There Will Come Soft Rains” is that it’s the families favorite poem‚ is that it’s a one sign of irony. The house programed to read a poem that is called ‘There will come Soft Rains” and it reads “not one will know of the war not one will care at last when it is done…if mankind perish utterly.” This is ironic because the city they’re in is destroyed

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    latter from a new and unexpected side. In irony‚ which is our next item of consideration‚ subjectivity lies in the evaluation of the phenomenon named. The essence of this SD consists in the foregrounding not of the logical but of the evaluative meaning. The context is arranged so that the qualifying word in irony reverses the direction of the evaluation‚ and the word positively charged is understood as a negative qualification and (much-much rarer) vice versa. Irony thus is a stylistic device in which

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    Comparing/Contrasting “OutOut” and “A Man Said to the Universe” Everyone desires to mean something to somebody at some point in their life. Both “OutOut” and “A Man Said to the Universe” express through corresponding themes but unalike tones‚ the universe doesn’t care‚ no matter your rank‚ and where one stands on Earth. Throughout the poems one could see that the theme is the universe doesn’t care. Both “the big boy” and “the man” wanted to mean something to someone. The boy perished from the

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    wife‚ and his wife’s cousin‚ with whom he is in love. Wharton uses different literary devices to develop the plot‚ including irony as one of the most effective. The use of irony in the novel‚ especially in the climatic sledding scene‚ greatly adds to the development of the tragedy. The sled ride which Ethan and Mattie take at the end of the story is full of irony. They often talk of going sledding together. In the first conversation that the two have in the novel‚ sledding becomes one of the

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    Simple Story of Imagery and Irony "A Clean‚ Well Lighted Place"‚ is a story about three men that come across one another one night in a bar. Hemingway uses a minimalistic style with symbolic imagery and verbal irony to reveal a story of three men with three views of life and despair. "Hemingway ’s style is famous for its simplicity-short common words‚ short sentences-and is said to be realistic and naturalistic" (Berryman 270). What stands out about "A Clean‚ Well Lighted Place" is its minimalism

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    barely had a role in society. Even in a loving relationship‚ a woman was still unequal to a man; she did not have the freedom she desired. Chopin uses irony‚ symbolism and reverse theory to express Louise Mallard’s thoughts as she grieved her husband’s death and embraced her newly found freedom. Throughout the text‚ Chopin uses two types of irony; situational and dramatic. This story is mainly based on ironic issues‚ meaning that the readers are portrayed one picture and the opposite that’s not

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    ___________________________________________________________________ Transition-A super power that everyone has but almost nobody uses is common sense and these are the facts…_____________________________________________________________________ Body I. 1st main point-Information about common sense. _______________________________________________________________ A. Support-Common sense is good sound judgment based on experience rather than study and people with common sense are seen as reasonable‚ reliable‚

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    has a strong‚ lean body build. A person who sits and eats all day has a more relaxed and "lazy" body build. A body becomes complacent with the amount of exertion it is forced to undergo. Increasing this exertion does many things for the body. Working out can help a person gain strength‚ lose weight‚ and improve their confidence. Lifting weights and a cardio workout increases the body’s strength. When a person lifts weight‚ he or she exerts strain on his or her muscles. These muscles are damaged from

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    Loaded With Irony: “Cask of Amontillado” The short story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado‚” is weighted down with a great amount of irony. Edgar Allen Poe uses multiple types of irony throughout the story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado.” Irony can be seen in multiple form such dramatic‚ situational and verbal irony all through this story. Poe uses these types of irony in order to build anticipation and suspense during the story. He also uses these types of irony in order to build a sense of humor within the

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    Irony is when there is a situation that is strange because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. A good example of the word ironic was when New England was settled. Two good examples of the irony during the settlement of New England were the religious and political repressions. The religious repression in New England was a great example of irony. This is so because Puritan separatist groups moved across an ocean to find religious freedom. Some went to Holland

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