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Shel Silverstein’s Voice

Shel Silverstein’s Voice. Dramatic Irony . Fancy Dive. Dramatic Irony . She did thirty-four jackknives, backflipped, and spun Quadruple gainered, and reached for the sun And then somersaulted nine times and a quarter And looked down and saw that the pool had no water. . Telling a Story.

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Shel Silverstein’s Voice

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  1. Shel Silverstein’s Voice

  2. Dramatic Irony Fancy Dive

  3. Dramatic Irony • She did thirty-four jackknives, backflipped, and spun • Quadruple gainered, and reached for the sun • And then somersaulted nine times and a quarter • And looked down and saw that the pool had no water.

  4. Telling a Story Paul Bunyan

  5. Telling a Story • “he was 90 years old when he said with a sigh, I think I’m gonna lay right down and die” • “so he died, and we cried, and we covered him up and we figured that was all for Paul.” • Then one night Paul came alive • “ ‘You know being dead wasn’t no fun at all,’ says Paul”

  6. The Narrator Is a Child Sick

  7. The Narrator Is a Child • “ I cannot go to school today.” • “ I have the measles and mumps.” • “ You say today is. . .Saturday.” • “ G’bye I’m going out to play.” • “ My temperature is one-o-eight.”

  8. Situational Irony Jimmy Jet and His TV Set

  9. Situational Irony • “ and now instead of him watching t.v., we all sit around and watch him” • “ and his brains turned into t.v. tubes, and his face to a t.v. screen” • “And two knobs saying “vert” and “horiz.” grew where his ears had been.”

  10. “Bad” Influences The Little Blue Engine

  11. “Bad” Influences • “And strong and proud he cried out loud, ‘I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!’ ” • “If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain’t enough!”

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