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2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
Do now: Identify the three examples of irony below (situational, dramatic, verbal):Jake looks outside and, seeing there’s a hurricane, says, “What a beautiful day for a picnic!”Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, uses an Apple computer.You’re terrified, watching a scary movie because the girl on screen is cooking, unaware that there’s a man with a knife in the next room.
Homework:
Read poems 19 and 20, answer the q’s, and a write commentary, 150-250 words, on Poem 19 or 20 (or on Poem 16, 17, or 18—not the poem your group discussed in class) (pp.39-41).
Entries to Epoch, NEST+m’s literary magazine, are due
this Friday,
Feb. 27. Send to
nestsubmissions@gmail.com
. Earn extra credit!Slide2
2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
Irony mini-lesson: The expression of the opposite of the literal meaning, or a disconnect between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected/normal result. —Merriam-Webster Dictionary In other words, irony is a literary technique characterized by a contrast between reality (what is) and appearance (what seems to be). There are 3 types of irony: verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony.Slide3
2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
Irony mini-lesson: Verbal ironysaying the opposite of what one means; it’s not quite the same as sarcasm, which is intended to wound the feelings.Slide4
2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
Irony mini-lesson: dramatic ironyWhen you know or understand something about the events of a story that the character(s) in the story doesn’t/don’t know.Slide5
2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
Irony mini-lesson: situational ironyWhen what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected. Slide6
2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
What kind of irony? Jot down the type of irony that these examples convey:Upon entering the boys’ locker room filled with the soccer team after practice, the coach remarked, “It smells like roses in here!”In the play Oedipus Rex, when Oedipus kills Laius, the audience realizes he is killing his biological father, but Oedipus doesn’t.The show
The Biggest Loser
was sponsored by Pepsi Cola.
The fact that many of the lyrics in Alanis Morissette’s song, “Isn’t it ironic?” aren’t actually ironic.
Let’s review.Slide7
2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
Overstatement, or hyperbole, is simply exaggeration, but in the service of telling a certain truth with added emphasis. Ex: “I’d fly to the moon and back for you.” Jot down your own example. Understatement is a figure of speech used to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. It may emphasize the truth by understating it, or it may be used for humor.
Ex: “This looks like a nice snack” at Thanksgiving dinner. Jot down your own example.Slide8
2/23, Eng 12, Aim: How can we differentiate between the 3 types of irony, and learn about understatement, overstatement, and paradox?
Paradox is a phrase that contradicts itself if elaborated to its logical conclusion. Ex: Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded.Ex: This statement is false.Jot down your own example.
What’s the difference between paradox and oxymoron?
An oxymoron is simply a pair of words that are opposites, used together (i.e. jumbo shrimp.) Most paradoxes are more like thought or logic games than literary devices.