Irony
What is a Irony?
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison without using like or as.
What is foreshadowing?
A hint or clue about what will happen later in the story.
Which ones an Irony
- Running into a friend in a different city.
- A fire station burns down.
A fire station burns down.
Which ones a metaphor
- The thunder was loud.
- Time is a thief.
Time is a thief.
The purpose of foreshadowing is to prepare the reader for what?
Upcoming events or plot twists.
Identify the Irony "A character walks into a room where the audience knows a monster is hiding, but the character thinks they are safe."
1. Dramatic Irony
2. Verbal Irony
Verbal Irony
What does the metaphor "He has a heart of stone" mean?
- He doesn't have a heart.
- He is emotionally cold.
He is emotionally cold.
Foreshadowing often builds a feeling in a reader, making them want to know what happens next. What is the feeling?
Suspense.
Identify the Irony "A fire station burns down."
1. Verbal Irony
2. Situational Irony
Situational Irony
Why do writers use metaphors?
To create strong connections.
This type of foreshadowing is often unnoticed until the end of the story.
Subtle or indirect foreshadowing.
Identify the Irony "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!."
1. Verbal Irony
2. Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Identify the metaphor "time is a thief"
Time is being compared to a thief meaning it steals moments from us.
In Romeo and Juliet, the lovers say "My grave is like to be my wedding bed." What is this foreshadowing?
Romeo and Juliet's deaths.