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was 15 years old. Munro does this to allow the reader to have deeper insight of the theme. In “How I Met My Husband” Alice Munro portrays the theme of "delusion and self-deception" by using an abundance of literary devices such as various forms of irony, characterization, and point of view. Munro is able to craft the emotional complexity of the story by utilizing the literary devices that are important to the creation of the short story. The theme of “How I Met My Husband” is exhibited throughout

image. The first of which is the dramatic irony of O’Connor giving the reader insight into the two sides of the main character. She sees herself as a, “respectable, hard-working, church-going woman,” and as the reader we are able to see a very different side (194). This contrast gives the reader their first insight into the theme of self image. Later on in the waiting room when Mary Grace hurls the book across the room, we see the theme develop through more irony. The book was titled “Human Development

‘They’ is a poem where Sassoon makes use of direct speech. This direct speech however is used in Sassoon’s favour to highlight the irony he wants to invoke; the hypocrisy of the church. When the bishop tries to justify war, the boys reply with the horrors of it. There is contrast between the heroic assumptions of the bishop and the soldiers’ reality of war portrayed by the ‘boys’ which

known for their use of figurative language, foreshadowing, irony, and themes. Two of the greatest short stories would be “The Story of the Hour” by Kate Chopin published in 1895 and “The Machine that Won the War” by Isaac Asimov published in 1961. They have been praised by many for their use of irony in these short stories. Therefore, I will be comparing and contrasting “The Story of the Hour” and “The Machine that Won the War” in types of irony, foreshadowing, and themes used for the short stories.

many literary devices that help her create these stories that she is so known for. Some of the literary devices she uses are situational and verbal irony, and mood and foreshadowing. She uses a fair amount of all three of these throughout her short stories. One of the literary devices used in both “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil” was irony. In “The Lottery” the woman, Mrs. Hutchinson, who ends up getting stoned to death is the one who happens to be running late “Mrs. Hutchinson came hurriedly

Various style techniques, such as repetition and irony, are used along with the structural technique of using levels of intimacy. One of Brady's main style techniques is the use of repetition. She is constantly describing what she wants in a wife and the duties that the wife should take care of: "I want

Ms. Layne, Middle school is a very important time in every child’s life. It is full of drama, bullying, relationship changes, and year long fads and phases. We captured all of that and more in our play and we used language, jokes, insults, situations, and objects that we use in our everyday lives as middle schoolers right now. Slime, Pokemon Cards, and Fidget Spinners, are all very popular items in today’s middle school world and we included all of them for authenticity, and humor in our scene. Middle

“He had a truly patriotic tasks,”(lines 88-89) states that the author uses verbal irony to show that some people did not have freedom and because of that Juan had to complete this task. Although the author uses irony she also uses pacing in which she skips ahead to different points in the month as in where she states, “He did not even worry when, in his first month he was sent to…”(line 48). While

taboo and ungodly. Married women symbolized perfection and most times battle, with satisfying sexual desires, and keeping their role as respectable women. Chopin employed the use of plot, conflict, theme, imagery, and symbolism, verbal and dramatic irony, and foreshadowing techniques to narrate the story of a woman torn between satisfying sexual desires and staying faithful. The title, A Respectable Woman, gives an insight into the plot of the story. The story discusses the ordeal of a woman, Mrs

saying “To see oursels as ithers see us!” (Burns). Understanding the summary of the poem, the story can be further explored by looking at the background and literary devices. In evaluating this poem, one can gain an insight on the historical context, irony, and how this literary device affects the audience’s thoughts. Robert Burns uses this poem to give the reader an awareness of his life as a poor Scott at the time. This unique style of language was thought to be a result of Burns’s upbringing. Around