Unit 4 Flashcards

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Occurring when a speakers meaning different from what he or she expressed in words

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Verbal irony

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The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction on what’s expected to happen.

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Irony

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2
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A type of irony that takes the form of mock praise

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Sarcasm

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3
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Sustained verbal irony that generates 2 layers of meaning

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Structural irony

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4
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Type of irony in which a stories events violate normal expectations

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Situational irony

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Type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the character in the story is unaware of.

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Dramatic irony

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6
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Type of obvious overstatement used by writers

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Hyperbole

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7
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Representation of some thing as less important then truly is

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Understatement

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8
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A form of understatement that expresses a positive statement

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Litotes

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9
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Corrective ridicule of some object of scorn

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Satire

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Type of word play where author combines two words or meanings

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Pun

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11
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Brief phrases that combine contradictory elements

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Oxymoron

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12
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What two irony are similar in that both deal with a violation of expectations

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Situational and dramatic irony

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13
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Many examples of foreshadowing and understatement all refers to types of

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Verbal irony

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14
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What is the theme of the golf links lie so near the mill?

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There is something wrong with a society that forces children to work while the adults play.

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In the golf link lie so near the mill what type of irony is the theme conveyed through?

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Situational irony

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What are the 2 roles in the golf links lie so near the mill?

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Children at work

Adults at play

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In the golf links lie so near the mill who is the irony directed at?

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The reader

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18
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What is the theme of jade flower palace?

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The future is unpredictable

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19
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At the end of the poem of jade flower palace what term did he use

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A rhetorical question

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20
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What is the tone and atmosphere of jade flower palace

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Melancholy

21
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The pivotal irony of the plot of the gray grass quivers centers on the what of a plot of land

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The donation

22
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Doc martingale initial comments of Eli goble’s in the grave grass quivers tracking knowledge forms an example of?

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Foreshadowing

23
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The story’s what leads to the resolution of a crime in the grave grass quivers?

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Situational irony

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What does the resolution of the grave grass quivers conform to?

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A biblical worldview

25
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In the poem of Scylla toothless it forms to an example of what 2 things

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Understatement and hyperbole

26
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What is the tone of Scylla toothless

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Humorous

27
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What does the piece of letter from a west Texas constituent

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The federal government farm subsidy program

28
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What is the letter from a west Texas constituent real message

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The government farm subsidies are illogical and wasteful

29
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What is the underlying tone of a west Texas constituent

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Anger

30
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In a considerable speck what is the speck?

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A mite

31
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Using imaginative comparison what term is used to characterize the speck?

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Personification

32
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What is the main target of frosts situational irony in a considerable speck

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Mindless writers

33
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What is the general tone of the day the dam broke?

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Humorous

34
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What irony is illustrated throught the essay the day the dam broke?

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Dramatic irony

35
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What was the essay (the day the dam broke) written for

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Written for fun

36
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What is the theme of the poem earth

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Mans intelligence leads to his destruction

37
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What is the poem earth an example of?

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Sarcasm

38
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What does the speaker help give the reader?

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A distant perspective

39
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What amplifies the message of thepoem earth?

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The tone

40
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How does the tone amplify the message of earth

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By causing the reader to react almost atomaticly

41
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What is the theme of at the aquarium

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Man shares a sense of aimlessness with nonhuman creatures

42
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What does the poem at the aquarium examplify

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Situational irony

43
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How does at the aquarium create irony?

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By reversing perspective part way through the poem

44
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What does the screwtape letters as a whole examplify

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Structural irony

45
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What does screwtape refers to when speaking of the peaks and trials of humans

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Law of undulations.

46
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When screwtape speaks of that abominable advantage of the enemy refers to?

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Incarnation

47
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What does screwtape least understands?

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Gods love

48
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How does screwtape want people to define “real life”? What does he have to gain?

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He wants real life as things that the people can perceive.

If they think that they won’t consider spiritual.

49
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Describe the three major results of unsatisfaction with the same Old thing.

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  1. Dissatisfaction creates desire for more.
  2. This distracts people from real problems
  3. Desire for something new can become a philosophy on its own
50
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What does screwtapes letters examplify

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Satire

51
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The patient is just a?

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Ordinary person