Unit 4 Flashcards
Irony
The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens. ( irony underscores the paradoxical, works of implied meaning and violates the reader’s expectation.)
Verbal Irony
Irony occurring when a speaker’s meaning differs from what he or she expresses in words.
Sarcasm
A type of irony that takes the form of mock praise
Structural Irony
Sustained verbal irony that generates two layers of meaning, one literal and one implied
Situational irony
A type of irony in which a story’s events violate normal expectations
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
Hyperbole
A type of obvious overstatement used by writers to make a point
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
Example: the girl is no slacker
Satire
Corrective ridicule of some object of 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 phrases that combine contradictory elements for effect
Example: sweet sorrow
The theme of “the golf links lie so near the mill” is conveyed through
Situational irony
The author what’s the reader to be
Indignant (angry)
The irony is directed towards who
The readers indignation toward the mill owners
