The Advantage of Sarcasm

Satire and irony are both used in the literary world in many different ways such as parodies. Satire is a literary work that ridicules its subjects through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity. Irony is the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally means the opposite, typically for humorous effect. There’s two types of irony which are: verbal irony and dramatic irony. Verbal irony is when something that is said is supposed to mean the opposite. Dramatic irony is when the reader or audience understands more the events of the story than the character in the story.

Use: Red herring is great to be used for political speeches, and I’m sure political speakers use this technique. Ex. 1: “ I failed my math test but scored a 1350 on my SAT.” Ex. 2: “I’m dropping out of a public college to join Harvard University.” Ex. 3: “I’m quitting my job at the vet clinic to open my own in another city.” http://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/red_herring_examples/234/ Sarcasm: involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. Use: Sarcasm is a form of tone that gives a voice to the author or authors character. It can also be used in a funny, humorous way. Ex.1 : “woah, why is there someone who looks, speaks, has powers and likes eggos like El? What are the odds!!!!!?” Ex. 2: “you really want to revisit this?” Ex. 3: “wow!!! You are so good at that.” Satire: is when an author uses exaggeration, humor, and irony to criticize something about a person or society. Use: Satire can be used in an argumentative writing piece to help the author grasp his audience when exaggerating a political or historical event, etc. Ex. 1: “Pete would not stop discussing the culinary program so we decided as a class to get him peanut butter so he would stop.” Ex. 2: “Ana is a sweet girl that is crazy smart at math but for some reason she can’t figure out 7x-8=x.” Ex. 3: “Today society is going down the crapper and there’s only so much plunging you can do.” Subordination: Expressing in a independent clause, phrase, or

The Oxford Dictionary of English defines irony as a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character 's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. Irony― the difference between appearance and reality ―is a literary device evident throughout all literature as either situational irony, dramatic irony, or verbal irony. Surprising readers, situational irony contradicts the expected outcome of the story. For example, the audience of the Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling, expect that Harry Potter will defeat Voldemort, the evil lord, by killing him; however, they are thrown off guard when it is revealed that Harry Potter must allow Voldemort to kill

Effectively establishing an appeal to pathos, Douglass emphasize his raw emotions to the reader, allowing the reader to feel more connected to why Douglass complies with the rules of trickery. Douglass

Richard is not eye-catching due to physical deformity which he vividly describes as the cause of his misfit, and therefore acquires himself the status of a victim. No one pays attention to him because others neither find him handsome nor sexually appealing. But he magnetizes the audience, makes them complicit of his own deeds and dares it to look away.

In her essay, she utilizes irony to add a sarcastic tone in her essay, making the essay more enjoyable for readers to read. An example of this is the use of computer jargon to explain why the pencil is the better tool. Laing states how “the software of a pencil is both cheap and simple” (332) and how you can “render it

Yelling “oh great!” after failing a test demonstrates one example. Someone wouldn’t really be happy about that; the irony is being overly positive about a negative occurrence. When the author writes, “you’re a game hunter not a philosopher, who cares how the jaguar feels” (Connell 18), and when Rainsford becomes the “Jaguar” later it is a little ironic. Connell wanted us to think about how a jaguar feels, and why they would be talking about that. When it came to the part in the story where he was being hunted, the readers think back to where the jaguar is mentioned and might think how that was ironic. The author was effective at showing irony. Another example of irony is, “ ‘...you’ll have a cocktail, Mr. Rainsford,’ he suggested” (Connell 22). He wanted the audience to think about how General Zaroff was being overly nice to a stranger he just met, but then, all of a sudden, changed into a psychopath, a murderer who hunts people for fun. The author made the reader believe Zaroff was generous and kind, and Rainsford probably believed it too. Zaroff acted this way to get Rainsford’s trust, so he could set him free and hunt him

She also uses sarcasm as a form of showing irony. The author is sarcastic when she says that her

Throughout the beginning of his argument, Green uses great amounts of emotional appeal to initially convince his audience to accept his ideas. Green understands that he first needs to show the audience that he understands their hesitations. Only then can he truly illustrate how passionate he is about their continued

In the excerpt "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X, the speaker utilizes multiple rhetorical strategies and devices to assist in conveying his beliefs, which are those of Elijah Muhammad. The first example of these devices presents itself in paragraph 19, when the speaker states "The teachings of Mr. Muhammad stressed how history had been 'whitened'..." In this way, the speaker appeals to ethos, or an appeal to authority, to express how his beliefs coincide with those of Mr. Muhammad, who he considers to be a reliable and respected source for the topic. The use of this appeal served one purpose - to introduce the topic of Muhammad, who had not previously been mentioned. It was through this device that he was able to connect the education he was receiving to the ideals of a religious leader.

Tim Oates is very sarcastic throughout his article, which really makes him play with emotions through pathos. His emotional appeal is kind of told through how a robot would think with emotions. By talking in a sense of how a robot would think emotionally a sense of humor is given, because, logically, how would a computer have emotions? He uses this idea, that computers can’t have emotion, to his advantage as a common folk would nearly understand that a computer can’t have emotions, realistically. The way he incorporates this is with sarcasm through. In other words, Oates uses the fact that robots can’t have emotions, and if they did, it would be kind of funny to try to

Irony is most commonly used in dialogue to express sarcasm and humor, however it can also be applied to add depth to literature. Mary Shelley employs irony in Frankenstein to emphasize the truth and prompt her readers to question pivotal concepts. Her use of irony does not intended for humor, but instead, she utilizes ironic devices to enhance her overall themes and convey the unpredictable consequences of actions.

Irony: The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

The scene of Lipscomb breaking into tears provides an empathetic reaction from the audience further strengthening Moore’s persuasion techniques.

Irony is a method of the use of words that say the opposite of what you really mean, often as a joke and with a tone of voice that shows this(Hornby,2005,p1080). For example, the title of this short story The False Gems is an example of