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Letter to Sir John A. MacDonald

Letter to Sir John A. MacDonald. Stereotypes, Irony, and Tone. Stereotypes. Define stereotypes. Stereotypes. Noun: A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: "sexual and racial stereotypes ".

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Letter to Sir John A. MacDonald

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  1. Letter to Sir John A. MacDonald Stereotypes, Irony, and Tone

  2. Stereotypes • Define stereotypes

  3. Stereotypes • Noun: A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: "sexual and racial stereotypes". • Verb: View or represent as a stereotype: "the film is weakened by its stereotyped characters".  

  4. Irony • Define irony

  5. Irony • Noun: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

  6. Tone • Tone (literature), a literary technique which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work

  7. Voice • Writer's voice is the literary term used to describe the individual writing style of an author. • Voice was generally considered to be a combination of a writer's use of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text (or across several works). • Voice can be thought of in terms of the uniqueness of a vocal voice machine. As a trumpet has a different voice than a tuba or a violin has a different voice than a cello, so the words of one author have a different sound than the words of another. One author may have a voice that is light and fast paced while another may have a dark voice

  8. Voice • Voice can be thought of in terms of the uniqueness of a vocal voice machine. As a trumpet has a different voice than a tuba or a violin has a different voice than a cello, so the words of one author have a different sound than the words of another. One author may have a voice that is light and fast paced while another may have a dark voice

  9. Satire • Define Satire

  10. Satire • A literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour is often used to aid this; A satirical work • The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

  11. Puns • Define Puns

  12. Puns • Make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word – - a punning riddle

  13. Letter to Sir John A. MacDonald • Find two or three examples of irony in the poem • Find two or three examples of puns in the poem • Why would this poem be considered a satire? • Discuss the author’s tone in the poem • Discuss the author’s voice in the poem • What stereotypes are implied or discussed in the poem?

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