Main Idea
Irony
100
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text.
What is the main idea?
100
The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
What is irony?
200
A main idea that is suggested or inferred but not directly stated.
What is the implied main idea?
200
The irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
What is dramatic irony?
300
The reason why he or she wrote the article.
What is the author's purpose?
300
The irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended.
What is situational irony?
400
The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, an exhibition, or a topic.
What is the theme?
400
The irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another.
What is verbal irony?
500
The quality or character of sound.
What is the tone?
500
The pretended ignorance in discussion.
What is socratic irony?
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