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* '''Types of Irony and their Functions''' | * '''Types of Irony and their Functions''' | ||
:* '''verbal irony''': express something by saying the opposite --> effect: reader enjoys finding irony, reader discovers real meaning, reader discovers contrast between what is said and what is meant | :* '''verbal irony''': express something by saying the opposite --> effect: reader enjoys finding irony, reader discovers real meaning, reader discovers contrast between what is said and what is meant | ||
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| + | Oh thank you VERY MUCH for not inviting me to the party! | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
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:* '''dramatic irony''': the reader or the audience know more than the characters | :* '''dramatic irony''': the reader or the audience know more than the characters | ||
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:: --> effect 2: the reader feels pity, finds it hard to bear the tension and have to see the main character making fatal mistakes ... --> involvement in story | :: --> effect 2: the reader feels pity, finds it hard to bear the tension and have to see the main character making fatal mistakes ... --> involvement in story | ||
| − | :* '''irony of situation''': sharp contrast between what the characters/readers wish and what real life/the situation is like | + | <blockquote style="border: 1px solid grey; padding: 1em;"> |
| + | In a play the characters listen to a man explaining enthusiastically that he will travel to the USA on board of an absolutely unsinkable ship - the Titanic! | ||
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| + | :* '''irony of situation''': sharp contrast between what the characters/readers wish/intend and what real life/the situation is like. | ||
| + | <blockquote style="border: 1px solid grey; padding: 1em;"> An example would be a man who takes a step aside in order to avoid getting sprinkled by a wet dog, and falls into a swimming pool." | ||
| + | (Lars Elleström, Divine Madness. Bucknell Univ. Press, 2002) | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
==Line of argument/argumentative structure== | ==Line of argument/argumentative structure== | ||
Version vom 31. Januar 2013, 18:58 Uhr
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Reading and Marking
Tone and Mood
IRONY
- Types of Irony and their Functions
- verbal irony: express something by saying the opposite --> effect: reader enjoys finding irony, reader discovers real meaning, reader discovers contrast between what is said and what is meant
Oh thank you VERY MUCH for not inviting me to the party!
- dramatic irony: the reader or the audience know more than the characters
- --> effect 1: reader feels superior, only to show him he is not --> reader is taught a lesson
- --> effect 2: the reader feels pity, finds it hard to bear the tension and have to see the main character making fatal mistakes ... --> involvement in story
In a play the characters listen to a man explaining enthusiastically that he will travel to the USA on board of an absolutely unsinkable ship - the Titanic!
- irony of situation: sharp contrast between what the characters/readers wish/intend and what real life/the situation is like.
An example would be a man who takes a step aside in order to avoid getting sprinkled by a wet dog, and falls into a swimming pool." (Lars Elleström, Divine Madness. Bucknell Univ. Press, 2002)
Line of argument/argumentative structure
- describe what the author does (e.g. he puts forward his main thesis)
- explain why he does it at this point
- show how he tries to do this effectively
