Unit 4 Flashcards
Occurring when a speakers meaning different from what he or she expressed in words
Verbal irony
The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction on what’s expected to happen.
Irony
A type of irony that takes the form of mock praise
Sarcasm
Sustained verbal irony that generates 2 layers of meaning
Structural irony
Type of irony in which a stories events violate normal expectations
Situational irony
Type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the character in the story is unaware of.
Dramatic irony
Type of obvious overstatement used by writers
Hyperbole
Representation of some thing as less important then truly is
Understatement
A form of understatement that expresses a positive statement
Litotes
Corrective ridicule of some object of scorn
Satire
Type of word play where author combines two words or meanings
Pun
Brief phrases that combine contradictory elements
Oxymoron
What two irony are similar in that both deal with a violation of expectations
Situational and dramatic irony
Many examples of foreshadowing and understatement all refers to types of
Verbal irony
What is the theme of the golf links lie so near the mill?
There is something wrong with a society that forces children to work while the adults play.
In the golf link lie so near the mill what type of irony is the theme conveyed through?
Situational irony
What are the 2 roles in the golf links lie so near the mill?
Children at work
Adults at play
In the golf links lie so near the mill who is the irony directed at?
The reader
What is the theme of jade flower palace?
The future is unpredictable
At the end of the poem of jade flower palace what term did he use
A rhetorical question
What is the tone and atmosphere of jade flower palace
Melancholy
The pivotal irony of the plot of the gray grass quivers centers on the what of a plot of land
The donation
Doc martingale initial comments of Eli goble’s in the grave grass quivers tracking knowledge forms an example of?
Foreshadowing
The story’s what leads to the resolution of a crime in the grave grass quivers?
Situational irony
What does the resolution of the grave grass quivers conform to?
A biblical worldview
In the poem of Scylla toothless it forms to an example of what 2 things
Understatement and hyperbole
What is the tone of Scylla toothless
Humorous
What does the piece of letter from a west Texas constituent
The federal government farm subsidy program
What is the letter from a west Texas constituent real message
The government farm subsidies are illogical and wasteful
What is the underlying tone of a west Texas constituent
Anger
In a considerable speck what is the speck?
A mite
Using imaginative comparison what term is used to characterize the speck?
Personification
What is the main target of frosts situational irony in a considerable speck
Mindless writers
What is the general tone of the day the dam broke?
Humorous
What irony is illustrated throught the essay the day the dam broke?
Dramatic irony
What was the essay (the day the dam broke) written for
Written for fun
What is the theme of the poem earth
Mans intelligence leads to his destruction
What is the poem earth an example of?
Sarcasm
What does the speaker help give the reader?
A distant perspective
What amplifies the message of thepoem earth?
The tone
How does the tone amplify the message of earth
By causing the reader to react almost atomaticly
What is the theme of at the aquarium
Man shares a sense of aimlessness with nonhuman creatures
What does the poem at the aquarium examplify
Situational irony
How does at the aquarium create irony?
By reversing perspective part way through the poem
What does the screwtape letters as a whole examplify
Structural irony
What does screwtape refers to when speaking of the peaks and trials of humans
Law of undulations.
When screwtape speaks of that abominable advantage of the enemy refers to?
Incarnation
What does screwtape least understands?
Gods love
How does screwtape want people to define “real life”? What does he have to gain?
He wants real life as things that the people can perceive.
If they think that they won’t consider spiritual.
Describe the three major results of unsatisfaction with the same Old thing.
- Dissatisfaction creates desire for more.
- This distracts people from real problems
- Desire for something new can become a philosophy on its own
What does screwtapes letters examplify
Satire
The patient is just a?
Ordinary person
