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1
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What is the theme for “The Golf lies So near the Mill”?

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There is something wrong with a society that forces children to work while men play

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What type of irony is the theme of “The Golf lies So Near the Mill” ?

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its convoyed through situational irony

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How is the story ironic ?

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there is an ironic reversal of roles; the children over worked in factories and watch rich men play golf

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How does Leghorn wants the reader to feel ?

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the author wants the reader to be indigent (angry) at the factory owners who take such advantage of children

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Who is the irony directed to ?

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to the reader (the reader’s indignation toward the mill owners)

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What is the theme of “Jade Flower Palace” ?

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the future is unpredictable

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What does Tu Fu use to sum up the theme at the end of the poem ?

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a rhetorical question

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What type of irony does the “Jade Flower Palace” employ ?

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situational irony

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Why does Tu Fu use situational irony ?

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A once great King and his palace are now nothing but ruins. All his greatness has melted before the passing of time

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What is the tone and atmosphere of “Jade Flower Palace” ?

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melancholy and reflective

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In “The Grey Grass Quivers”, the pivotal irony of the plot center what ?

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donation of a plot of land

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Doc Martiandale’s initial comments bout Eli Goble’s tracking knowledge is an example of what ?

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foreshadowing

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13
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The story what leads to the resolution of a crime ?

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“situational irony”

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Does the resolution of “The Grey Grass Quivers” conforms a Biblical worldview ?

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yes

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Why was Doc Martiandale surprised of Eli Goble’s gift of the park ?

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giving gifts is inconsistent with Goble’s character

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“Scylla Toothless” forms an example of what ?

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understatement and hyperbole

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What tone was “Scylla Toothless” ?

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primarily a humorous tone

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What does “Letter from a West Texas Constituent” satirize ?

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the federal government farm subsidy program

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What is the real message of the letter ?

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that government farm subsidies are illogical and wasteful

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What does the Letter exemplifies ?

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structural irony

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What is the underlying tone of the Letter ?

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one of anger

22
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What is the considerable speck ?

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a mite (a very small insect)

23
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How does Frost characterize the “speck” ?

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using personification

24
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What type of irony does Frost use all over his poem ?

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situational irony

25
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What is the main target of Frost’s irony ?

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people who, at least to his mind, do not show intelligent or clear thinking in their writing (“Mindless Writing”)

26
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What is the general tone of “The Day the Dam Broke” ?

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best described as humorous

27
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What type of irony did Thurber use throughout the poem ?

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dramatic irony

28
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Why does he use dramatic irony ?

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beginning of the 1st paragraph, the reader knows that dam has not broken, but the characters do not

29
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The essay was written for what ?

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the sheer fun of it, it was evident by the tone which is one of course humorous

30
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“The Screwtape Letters” as a whole exemplifies as what ?

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structural irony

31
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Screwtape refers to the peaks and trails of human life as what ?

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law of undulation

32
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What dow Screwtape refers to when he speaks “the abominable advantage of the Enemy” ?

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the incarnation

33
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What does Screwtape least understand ?

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God’s love

34
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How does Screwtape want people to define “real life” ?

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Screwtape wants people to think real life as the things that they can perceive through their senses

35
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What does he have to gain from this definition ?

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If he can keep humans thinking about that, they will never consider eternal spiritual realities and listen to God

36
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Describe the three major results of being unsatisfied with “the Same old thing”

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  • the dissatisfaction creates the desire for more of a thing while decreasing the pleasure a person can get out of it. This excess twists natural pleasures into something illegitimate as they overrun God’s boundaries
  • this can distract people from real problems by focusing on what is then fashionable to consider as the “real problem”
  • the desire for something new can become a philosophy all its own where anything new is automatically better, or “progressive’
37
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Screwtape Letter is an example of what ?

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“satire”

38
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What is an ordinary person in Screwtape letter ?

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“the patient”

39
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irony

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the use of language to convey meaning other than what a state or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens

40
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verbal irony

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irony occurring when a speakers meaning differs from what he or she expresses in words

41
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sarcasm

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a type of irony the takes the form of a mock praise

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structural irony

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sustained verbal irony that generates two layers of meaning, one literal and one implied, throughout the entire work

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dramatic irony

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a type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the characters of the story are unaware

44
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understatement

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the representation of something as less important than it truly is

45
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litotes

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a form of understatement that expresses a positive statement by denying its opposite

46
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satire

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corrective ridicule of some object o scorn usually outside of the literature itself

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pun

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a type of wordplay in which the author combines two word meanings within a sentence

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oxymoron

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brief phrase that combine contradictory elements for effect

49
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hyperbole

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a type of obvious overstatement used by writers to make a point

50
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situational irony

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a type of irony in which a story’s events violate normal expectations

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