the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect:
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What is the bad side of not getting a bad grade for Greg?
he can't play basketball.
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What is a powwow?
a North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing, and dancing.
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What is the welfare system?
a government aid that provides needy people with regular financial help
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when did Poe die?
1849
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What is the three type of irony?
Verbal irony (also called sarcasm)
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
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What point of view is the story?
Thrid person
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name one powwow dance?
owl dance
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who take care of Minerva?
momma
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who adopted poe
the allan's
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What is verbal irony?
Verbal irony (also called sarcasm) -- a writer makes a statement in which the actual meaning differs from the meaning that the words appear to express.
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when was the climax of the story?
when lemon shared his memories of being a blues singer
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is this story fiction or non fiction
fiction
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does the dad have a job?
no
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who did poe married
virginia
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What is Situational Irony
Situational irony -- accidental events occur that seem oddly appropriate, such as the poetic justice of a TV weather presenter getting caught in a surprise rainstorm
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what was lemon brown's treasure?
yellowed newspaper clipping and a battered harmonica
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show is the author of this story?
Vickie Sear
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why is the welfare not going to take care of their family no more?
the dad didn't go to the welfare office.
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where did they find poe die body
in the streets of baltimore
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What is Dramatic irony?
Dramatic irony -- a narrative in which the reader knows something about present or future circumstances that a character in the story does not know