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Dive into the intricacies of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony in literature. Understand direct and indirect characterization techniques, alongside the power of anaphora in rhetoric and the impact of juxtaposition on storytelling.
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Verbal irony When words express something contrary to the truth, or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean.
Situational irony When actions or events have the opposite result from what is expected or what is intended.
Dramatic irony When the audience is more aware of what is happening than a character. Example: In Beauty and the Beast, we know that the Beast is really a prince living under a curse, but Belle does not. She is unaware of his true identity.
Direct characterization When the author tells their audience what a character is like. (Think adjectives!!) Example: The patient boy and quiet girl were both well-mannered and did not disobey their mother.
Indirect characterization When the author reveals a character’s personality through details of speech, thoughts, interactions with other characters, actions, and looks. Example: The man seated in the parked limousine had short hair and a serious gaze. He was dressed professionally in a pressed shirt and tie.
anaphora The repetition of the first part of a sentence. It is used to emphasize certain words of phrases.
rhetoric Speaking or writing that is intended to persuade. The study of how language is used to produce change and create knowledge.
juxtaposition A literary technique in which two ideas, places, or characters are placed side by side to develop comparisons or contrasts.
parallelism Two or more phrases or clauses in a sentence that have the same grammatical structure.
Call to action A speech, piece of writing, or act that encourages people to take action about a problem.
setting The time and location in which the story takes place.
Tone The attitude that the author has toward the central theme.
mood The emotional feeling that a work of literature produces in a reader.
colloquialism The use of informal or everyday language in literature. Colloquial expressions often belong to a certain region.
dialect The variety of a language that people speak, separated either by geography, class, or ethnicity.
Vocabulary 4 Writing Structure
Chronological Order • the order in which a series of events happened. A passage that is arranged in order of time from the beginning to the end is in chronological order.
Cause and Effect • This is a relationship where one thing causes another thing to happen.
Problem and Solution • identifies a problem and proposes one or more solutions. An author may use problem and solution to try to persuade readers about a certain topic or course of action.
Compare and Contrast • analyzes the relationships between ideas in a passage. Comparing analyzes the similarities, while contrasting analyzes the differences.
Order of Importance • organizes text by listing supporting details from most important to least important, or by least important to most important.