Backfire There are three types of irony. Verbal‚ situational‚ and dramatic irony. The two types of irony used in Langston Hughes’ first person narrative “Salvation” is verbal and situational irony. Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says. Situational irony occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen‚ happens. Theses two types irony are introduced by Hughes’ Auntie Reed who begins to take Hughes to church for several weeks‚ and
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LITERARY DEVICES Copyright © 2007 by Jay Braiman www.mrbraiman.com Literary devices refers to specific aspects of literature‚ in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language‚ which we can recognize‚ identify‚ interpret and/or analyze. Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language‚ and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. They also provide
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September 12‚ 2003 Essay 1 Irony in "The Cask of Amontillado" In the short story‚ "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Poe uses two types of irony‚ dramatic and verbal. Dramatic irony is when the reader perceives something that a character in the story does not. Poe uses this type of irony in the character Fortunato. Verbal irony is when the character says one thing and means something else. This type of irony can be recognized in the statements that the characters‚ Fortunato and
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mocks the unrealistic "rags to riches" stories. The use of irony and sarcasm makes the genre of the poem satirical poetry. The poem is a modern‚ free verse poem that contains nine stanzas. Sexton leads in with four short stories that use repetition as a literary device to verify her version of Cinderella. She uses these stanzas to say that the stories are all myths just like Cinderella. Anne Sexton uses many literary devices such as irony‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ repetition‚ and symbolism and the idea
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This short story materializes initially through an introduction describing an occurrence in a classic English pub of a young fellow who decided to drop his cigarette-end into a waste-paper basket‚ despite the affluence of available ashtrays around. However‚ it soon becomes apparent that this happening serves only as a prologue and a link to the real story that is to follow. One of the clients‚ Mr. Mulliner takes the opportunity to tell the other individuals present‚ some only known to the reader
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In the yellow wallpaper‚ the narrator is the character that the readers feel sad for the most. The narrator is a young wife and mother whose physician husband‚ john claims that she is suffering from depression. He takes her to a rest cure treatment and locks her in a nursery with ’rings and things in the walls’ to ensure a good rest for her. Yet‚ she loses her sanity under the circumstances of John’s excess suppression and the distracting yellow wallpaper in the room. John completely holds the authority
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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Crane and Gwendolyn Brooks “Do Not Weep Maiden for War Is Kind” a poem by Stephen Crane is written in a way that reveals how war is an atrocious creature through verbal irony. In “The Sonnet-Ballad” by Gwendolyn brooks‚ she portrays death as a flirtatious lady. Both of these authors do an extraordinary job in using imagery and irony to sketch their thoughts about death and war. Through the use of imagery Brooks characterizes the coquettish death and how her loved one was fooled into betraying Gwendolyn
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Currents in Literature page 169 "Dead Mans Path" is a ironic short story that contains a cause-and-effect progression. In the beginning of the story‚ we see that the Ndume Central School was deemed very unprogressive. That was why the main character‚ Mr. Obi‚ came to the school as the new headmaster. This is the cause-and-effect pattern. It truly makes the title more ironic as the story unfolds. Because the school is so unsuccessful‚ Mr. Obi’s wife‚ Nancy‚ wanted to support her husband
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to be cynically sarcastic. A play upon contrasts and contradictions lies at the basis of Maugham’s sarcastic method in portraying his characters. Credit must be given to Maugham for being extremely resourceful in moulding the portrait. Maugham’s irony is bitter. It is rather prominent in the solemn ring of emphatic parallel constructions into which all the flowery expressions are arranged. A reiteration of the emphatic
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