types of irony such as basic irony which is the use of word to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning. Situational irony which is the moment a characters actions have the opposite of their intended effect. Finally there is dramatic irony which occurs when there is a contrast between the readers knowledge and the knowledge of the characters in the work. However situational irony is what mostly transpires in Kate Chopin short story "The Story of an Hour" Situational irony is used
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It was quite a gloomy day to be walking‚ but here I was walking home. Today was not the best day of my life. I know for sure that today is the worse day of my life‚ and there is no way that any other day can be worse. Yesterday my parents told me that I was a huge disappointment and they wanted me to go off into the world unprepared and die. Then today I had to face a horrible person. I was already extremely depressed and suicidal‚ yet I did not want to tell anyone around me. For some reason‚ I decided
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One day in Florida‚ two nine-year-old kids are playing in the park. The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. A dead body is rotting. The kids‚ Quentin Jacobson and Margo Roth Spiegelman‚ run home to tell their parents. Quentin wants to push the whole finding-a-dead-body thing from his mind‚ but Margo finds out the man killed himself and wonders why. Nine years later‚ Margo Roth Spiegelman‚ who is now eighteen‚ comes to Quentin’s window in the middle of the night. They haven’t really hung out
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A day in the life of…. Friday morning Supervise 59 students in the Open Learning Centre doing their homework‚ reading or using PCs before school. Sign my son’s work experience permission form (he is in year 10 here). Notified SMT/PE staff that a ex-pupil’s picture is on the front page of the local paper after winning a silver medal at the Commonwealth games. Sort out double room booking problem of three classes in a room built for two. Advise students in the English class where books on
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Personal Experience Monograph SSG John Webb The Worst Day of My Life 20 October 2012 ALC Class 001-13 Unclassified TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Description of events………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1 Outcomes……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Lessons……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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The worst days of my life The worst days of my life involved a passage of my life where I thought I was losing my mother. My mum means the whole world to me‚ and when she had this unfortunate accident‚ I felt my world collapsing all around me. It was back in December 1996 and the weather was horrible and absolutely freezing. There were small showers of snow as I was going to school. My day at school was coming to an end and I couldn’t be more than happy to go home. I was waiting outside for
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Me Talk Pretty One Day This essay written by David Sedaris is a walk down memory lane where David tells about his experiences and troubles when he studied French in Paris. The story takes place the first day after the vacation. He moved to Paris with hopes of learning French but it turns out that it was not as easy as he first thought. He only had one month French class before he left the safe hometown of New York. The school is an international school where all kinds of nationalities and
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The Worst Day of My Life I wish I could say I would never forget but truthfully some of it I have or actually maybe I have not forgotten but more like tucked it away in my unconscious mind and only think about it when triggered. I am talking experiencing the worst day of my life! It happened Aug 19‚ 2005 which I actually had to ask my mom the exact date because I have totally blocked it out. I am speaking of a horrific accident that my oldest son Kestan now 14‚ when he was 8 yrs old put his hand
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for five days which my parents‚ best friend Dion and I have gone for as long as I could remember. The place we stayed at was a two story old‚ haunted looking building‚ it had long hallway that echoed every time you made any noise‚ a massive dinning room that could fit at least one hundred and fifty people in it and it sometimes did. There is a lounge room upstairs that had a piano that was always being smashed by kids and it has the most comfortable couches I have ever sat on in my life‚ once you
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The Worst Day of My Life It was August 20th 2005 on a Friday morning. I woke up and I was feeling alright. I did what I usually do on Fridays. I cooked‚ cleaned‚ took a shower‚ brushed my hair‚ and then sat in the living room to watch T.V. Next‚ my favorite show came on and I was happy and excited to watch the new episode. Later‚ the phone rang while I was watching the T.V‚ then I got up and then answered the phone. It was my sister in law calling‚ to tell us that our father had passed away about an
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