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“Lamb to the Slaughter”

“Lamb to the Slaughter”. Look at these “headlines”. Heinz president reveals he is allergic to tomatoes. X-Games star seriously injured while riding scooter. Bill Gates’ personal computer hacked by teenager. What do these all have in common?. IRONY!!!.

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“Lamb to the Slaughter”

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  1. “Lamb to the Slaughter”

  2. Look at these “headlines” Heinz president reveals he is allergic to tomatoes X-Games star seriously injured while riding scooter Bill Gates’ personal computer hacked by teenager What do these all have in common?

  3. IRONY!!! A difference between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention Situational Irony Dramatic Irony Verbal Irony What happens is the opposite of what the characters or reader expect. A difference between what the characters think and what the audience/reader knows. Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant. Moments after driving a new car off the lot, you are in a wreck While a teenage character is telling her friend how ugly the principal is, he is standing right behind them. The town of Sleepy Hollow is anything but sleepy with the Headless Horseman on the loose.

  4. Decide which type of IRONY is being shown by the example: Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a story of mistaken identity in which the audience is aware of the true identities of the characters involved, but the characters are often confused because of disguises. Dramatic Irony Situational Irony Verbal Irony

  5. Decide which type of IRONY is being shown by the example: The protagonist in “The Necklace” works for years to replace an expensive necklace that she borrowed and lost only to learn in the end that the necklace was a fake. Dramatic Irony Situational Irony Verbal Irony

  6. Decide which type of IRONY is being shown by the example: You buy a pizza at full price after looking all over the house and not finding your coupon. You return home with the pizza and grab a paper plate out of the cupboard. Just as you are about to eat a piece of pizza, you notice the coupon on top of the plate. Dramatic Irony Situational Irony Verbal Irony

  7. Decide which type of IRONY is being shown by the example: Your friend asks you how you did on your math test. You failed, but you sarcastically respond, “It went great!” Dramatic Irony Situational Irony Verbal Irony

  8. Decide which type of IRONY is being shown by the example: In “The Most Dangerous Game” the antagonist kidnaps and hunts people. When he says, “We’ll visit my training school…It’s in the cellar. I have about a dozen pupils down there,” he is referring to captives and a prison. Dramatic Irony Situational Irony Verbal Irony

  9. Decide which type of IRONY is being shown by the example: You are watching a movie. The shot shows a split screen on which the viewer can see two characters talking on the phone, but they can’t see each other. The two characters have mistaken each others’ voices for different characters. Dramatic Irony Situational Irony Verbal Irony

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