1 / 1

ahy - ruh -nee

Irony. ahy - ruh -nee Definition: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning or if the actions taken have an effect exactly opposite from what was intended

xanti
Download Presentation

ahy - ruh -nee

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Irony ahy-ruh-nee Definition: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning or if the actions taken have an effect exactly opposite from what was intended Example: In 1912 the Titanic was touted as "100% unsinkable", and yet the ship sank on its maiden voyage. An old man turned ninety-eight. He won the lottery and died the next day... of chronic emphysema from inhalation of the latex particles scratched off decades' worth of lottery tickets. Value: The use of irony is important to understand because if you are not aware of irony than you can misinterpret what someone means because you will take what they say literally. It is also important because it can emphasize a point http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/ironyterm.htm

More Related