unit 4 Flashcards
What is the theme for “The Golf lies So near the Mill”?
There is something wrong with a society that forces children to work while men play
What type of irony is the theme of “The Golf lies So Near the Mill” ?
its convoyed through situational irony
How is the story ironic ?
there is an ironic reversal of roles; the children over worked in factories and watch rich men play golf
How does Leghorn wants the reader to feel ?
the author wants the reader to be indigent (angry) at the factory owners who take such advantage of children
Who is the irony directed to ?
to the reader (the reader’s indignation toward the mill owners)
What is the theme of “Jade Flower Palace” ?
the future is unpredictable
What does Tu Fu use to sum up the theme at the end of the poem ?
a rhetorical question
What type of irony does the “Jade Flower Palace” employ ?
situational irony
Why does Tu Fu use situational irony ?
A once great King and his palace are now nothing but ruins. All his greatness has melted before the passing of time
What is the tone and atmosphere of “Jade Flower Palace” ?
melancholy and reflective
In “The Grey Grass Quivers”, the pivotal irony of the plot center what ?
donation of a plot of land
Doc Martiandale’s initial comments bout Eli Goble’s tracking knowledge is an example of what ?
foreshadowing
The story what leads to the resolution of a crime ?
“situational irony”
Does the resolution of “The Grey Grass Quivers” conforms a Biblical worldview ?
yes
Why was Doc Martiandale surprised of Eli Goble’s gift of the park ?
giving gifts is inconsistent with Goble’s character
“Scylla Toothless” forms an example of what ?
understatement and hyperbole
What tone was “Scylla Toothless” ?
primarily a humorous tone
What does “Letter from a West Texas Constituent” satirize ?
the federal government farm subsidy program
What is the real message of the letter ?
that government farm subsidies are illogical and wasteful
What does the Letter exemplifies ?
structural irony
What is the underlying tone of the Letter ?
one of anger
What is the considerable speck ?
a mite (a very small insect)
How does Frost characterize the “speck” ?
using personification
What type of irony does Frost use all over his poem ?
situational irony
What is the main target of Frost’s irony ?
people who, at least to his mind, do not show intelligent or clear thinking in their writing (“Mindless Writing”)
What is the general tone of “The Day the Dam Broke” ?
best described as humorous
What type of irony did Thurber use throughout the poem ?
dramatic irony
Why does he use dramatic irony ?
beginning of the 1st paragraph, the reader knows that dam has not broken, but the characters do not
The essay was written for what ?
the sheer fun of it, it was evident by the tone which is one of course humorous
“The Screwtape Letters” as a whole exemplifies as what ?
structural irony
Screwtape refers to the peaks and trails of human life as what ?
law of undulation
What dow Screwtape refers to when he speaks “the abominable advantage of the Enemy” ?
the incarnation
What does Screwtape least understand ?
God’s love
How does Screwtape want people to define “real life” ?
Screwtape wants people to think real life as the things that they can perceive through their senses
What does he have to gain from this definition ?
If he can keep humans thinking about that, they will never consider eternal spiritual realities and listen to God
Describe the three major results of being unsatisfied with “the Same old thing”
- 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’
Screwtape Letter is an example of what ?
“satire”
What is an ordinary person in Screwtape letter ?
“the patient”
irony
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
verbal irony
irony occurring when a speakers meaning differs from what he or she expresses in words
sarcasm
a type of irony the takes the form of a mock praise
structural irony
sustained verbal irony that generates two layers of meaning, one literal and one implied, throughout the entire work
dramatic irony
a type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the characters of the story are unaware
understatement
the representation of something as less important than it truly is
litotes
a form of understatement that expresses a positive statement by denying its opposite
satire
corrective ridicule of some object o scorn usually outside of the literature itself
pun
a type of wordplay in which the author combines two word meanings within a sentence
oxymoron
brief phrase that combine contradictory elements for effect
hyperbole
a type of obvious overstatement used by writers to make a point
situational irony
a type of irony in which a story’s events violate normal expectations
