the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect:
What is Irony?
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he cann't play basketball.
What is the badside of not getting a bad grade for greg?
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a North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing, and dancing.
What is a powwow?
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a government aid that provides needy people with regular financial help
What is the welfare system?
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1849
when did poe die?
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Verbal irony (also called sarcasm)
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
What is the three type of irony?
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Thrid person
What point of view is the story?
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owl dance
name one powwow dance?
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momma
who take care of minerva?
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the allan"s
who adopted poe
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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.
What is verbal irony?
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when lemon shared his memories of being a blues singer
when was the climax of the story?
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fiction
is this story fiction or non fiction
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no
does the dad have a job?
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virginia
who did poe married
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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
What is Situational Irony
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yellowed newspaper clipping and a battered harmonica
what was lemon brown's treasure?
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Vickie Sears
how is the author of this story?
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the dad didnt go to the welfare office
why is the welfare not going to take care of their family no more?
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in the streets of baltimore
where did they find poe die body
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Dramatic irony -- a narrative in which the reader knows something about present or future circumstances that a character in the story does not know