Irony

racism on a day of the celebration of freedom. Lorde conveys her anger regarding her parents avoidance of racism and more specifically how she felt about the people and society surrounding her by her usage of specific tone, the repetition of words, and irony. At the start of the text, there was a tone of happiness and joy. She was excited to be able to visit Washington, D.C. with her family. Although she wasn’t able to go with her class to Washington, because "they did not rent rooms to Negroes", there

Irony is a literary technique utilized by writers in an attempt to convey a message different than its literal meaning. For this reason, this technique used often in satirical writing, such as Lord of The Flies by William Golding. Irony is an important element in literature as it provides writers with a vehicle to communicate a deeper, more meaningful message. In his literary critique, How To Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster emphasizes the significance of irony in literature, stating

the business world changes and Willy’s once successful business life goes downhill. Through Willy, Miller portrays an unsuccessful American dream. With the downfall of Willy Loman, along with the characterization of Willy Loman, the symbols, and the irony in “Death of a Salesman”; Arthur Miller presents the American dream of Willy Loman, to become prosperous as a salesman through his kind heart, and also shows how not all American dreams turn out successful. Miller characterizes Willy Loman to further

before getting killed in action in 1918. Also, author Tim O’Brien who is an american novelist wrote to protest the war in The Things They Carried. Lastly, author Kevin Powers, who is known for his book The Yellow Birds. These writers use imagery, irony, and structure to protest war. In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, imagery is used to protest war. Stanza three states, “His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood come gargling from

David Hacker Mrs. Sanford English 11AP 10 February 2016 Rhetorical Terms 14-26 Metonymy Definition: A word that represents or conveys the idea of another thing Example #1: The blue collar workers labored day and night in construction of the new road. Example #2: California made the decision to pass a right to die law in September of 2015. Effect: Metonymy is often seen in colloquialism because the speaker or writer can assume that the reader draws inherent parallels between the word and what it stands

The Sorrows of Young Sammy In the writing of the story, A&P, John Updike gave beauty to the peculiarity of adolescence revealed in a peculiar story set in a convenience store. Updike equipped the story with a first-person narrator, dramatic irony, and an interesting setting. Those devices served to realistically portray the naive tone of a lost, soon-to-be adult. The first-person narrator helped the readers to hear the story from a teenager who pretended to be mature, setting the naive and immature

Nadine Gordimer’s short story “Once Upon a Time” is full of different types of irony. Firstly, the title of the story implies that the family has wonderful life, and that they will have a fairytale ending, but the irony is that the end is completely opposite than what anyone expects to happen. In the end it turns out that their child dies “..while the bleeding mass of the little boy was hacked out of the security coil with the saws, wire cutters, choppers and they carried it..”(43). Rather than having

Amontillado" is just that, brilliantly written and utterly horrifying. Every element in "The Cast of the Amontillado", like the setting, theme, and imagery, creates the effects of horror, demise and insanity. Poe uses tactics such as dramatic and verbal irony to build suspense and horror; even the character names are ironic. The psychology aspect of this story is what makes it terrifying, this story has no gruesome, blood and guts, death scene. The narrator uses sadistic manipulation and that is what makes

A man with a unique manipulation of language had the power to captivate minds centuries ago, and yet his legendary voice is still heard today. William Shakespeare was the man of his time at the forefront of drama and play writing. It is no wonder he stood as a noble character by the king, because his literary works were so cherished by all of the people. His audience praised him, and they understood him, however, the language that was recognizable to them might be more unfamiliar to us. As an illustration

sometimes better unspoken. R.K. Narayan demonstrates the importance this of balance in his story “Like The Sun.” By using dramatic irony, figurative language, and situational irony, Narayan shows that the truth can have consequences. One of the ways Narayan shows that the truth can have consequences is by using dramatic irony. One example where Narayan uses dramatic irony is when Sekhar is eating his wife's meal. Sekhar seems hesitant and she questions him saying, “Why, isn't it good?” (Narayan, 191)