Show:
IRONY
Folk and Fairy Tales
"The Lady Who Was a Beggar"
"The Last Judgment"
The Rest
100
When the circumstances turn out with a twist or in an unexpected way.
What is situational irony?
100
Jade was carried to shore by something under her feet.
What is a magical happening?
100
The situation that makes a marriage between Mo-Chi and Jade Slave seem appropriate.
What is that Mo-Chi is a poor student without family and Jade Slave is a rich, beautiful beggar's daughter?
100
The most ignoble character in this piece of literature.
Who is Kugler?
100
Mary Maloney goes to the grocery store for this reason.
What is to have an alibi?
200
When something is said that has a twist or means something different than the words.
What is verbal irony?
200
"But don't you agree there is no such thing as coincidence? It so happened...."
What is a narrator who often speaks directly to the audience?
200
Explain the irony of the coworkers recommending Mo-Chi as Jade Slave's husband.
What is the fact he had been married to her already and had tried to kill her?
200
What is ironic about the following excerpt? "Well, it rolled into the drain and under the gutter spout. Right now... your marble is shivering in the gush of cold water. Kugler bent his head, overcome by this revelation."
What is that Kugler is far more concerned with the lost marble than with the 9 people he killed?
200
Mary Maloney cries when she returns from the store.
What is because she genuinely loved her husband and she is playing the role of the grieving wife.
300
When the audience knows something that is going to happen in the story before the characters do.
What is dramatic irony?
300
In "Godfather Death" the godson becoming a very wealthy doctor.
What is a poor person becoming wealthy?
300
A coincidence or chance happening.
What is when the couple 'happened' to be in the same spot when Jade Slave was thrown overboard?
300
The irony of the jury at Kugler's trial.
What is that they fell asleep?
300
The ultimate irony of "The Luck of Teodor Mendez Acubal."
What is that he wasn't very lucky after all.
400
Name one of the ironies in "The Lady Who was a Beggar."
What is - when Mo-Chi marries the same woman. - when Jade is so marriageable but no one will marry her. - when Jade is 'adopted' by Mo-Chi's boss - when Mo-Chi's coworkers say that he is the perfect husband for Jad
400
In "Aladdin," the genie granting three wishes.
What is a request for a wish to be granted?
400
The most ignoble character in "The Woman Who Was a Beggar."
Who is Mo-Chi?
400
The irony of the witness at Kugler's trial.
What is that it was God?
400
The genera theme (truth from life in general) of "The Lottery." (Think about the ham story.)
What is that people do some things simply because of the strength of tradition.
500
The irony of the witnesses and jury for Kugler.
What is the fact that the witness is God, himself. The jurty falls asleep because they know what God says will be true.
500
Name one more characteristic of a folk tale.
What is 1) a brief interruption during which the narrator quickly summarizes the story's plot. -2) a chance happening - use of disguise or mistaken identity -
500
The dramatic irony of this piece of literature.
What is that the reader knows the Mo-Chi is marrying the same woman again before he does?
500
The reason God is not the judge.
What is because he knows everything?
500
The way the doctor tried to outwit Death.
What is by turning the sick people around in their beds?