Exploring Style, Tone, Irony

Question 1

style: the author’s particular mode; the way they arrange words to create a certain effect

Answer 1

e.g. Ernest Ehminway’s punctuated style creates a sense of urgency

Question 2

tone: the author’s attitude toward the subject they are exploring

Answer 2

• can be heard through diction and syntax

- a sense of it can be found by looking into what author subject characters to

Question 3

irony: the contrast between our fair expectations and reality

Answer 3

situational irony: when we expect a situation to go one way, and it goes another

Question 4

irony where the audience possess information that the characters do not yet know

Answer 4

dramatic irony

Question 5

what is something to evaluate when you are making a rhetorical analysis

Answer 5

• • style - word choice, structure, literary devices
• • tone - author’s attitude towards the topic
• • what text structure the author used