Unit 4 Flashcards

(52 cards)

0
Q

Occurring when a speakers meaning different from what he or she expressed in words

A

Verbal irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction on what’s expected to happen.

A

Irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

A type of irony that takes the form of mock praise

A

Sarcasm

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Sustained verbal irony that generates 2 layers of meaning

A

Structural irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Type of irony in which a stories events violate normal expectations

A

Situational irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the character in the story is unaware of.

A

Dramatic irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Type of obvious overstatement used by writers

A

Hyperbole

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Representation of some thing as less important then truly is

A

Understatement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

A form of understatement that expresses a positive statement

A

Litotes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Corrective ridicule of some object of scorn

A

Satire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Type of word play where author combines two words or meanings

A

Pun

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Brief phrases that combine contradictory elements

A

Oxymoron

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What two irony are similar in that both deal with a violation of expectations

A

Situational and dramatic irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Many examples of foreshadowing and understatement all refers to types of

A

Verbal irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What is the theme of the golf links lie so near the mill?

A

There is something wrong with a society that forces children to work while the adults play.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

In the golf link lie so near the mill what type of irony is the theme conveyed through?

A

Situational irony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What are the 2 roles in the golf links lie so near the mill?

A

Children at work

Adults at play

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

In the golf links lie so near the mill who is the irony directed at?

A

The reader

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What is the theme of jade flower palace?

A

The future is unpredictable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

At the end of the poem of jade flower palace what term did he use

A

A rhetorical question

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What is the tone and atmosphere of jade flower palace

21
Q

The pivotal irony of the plot of the gray grass quivers centers on the what of a plot of land

22
Q

Doc martingale initial comments of Eli goble’s in the grave grass quivers tracking knowledge forms an example of?

A

Foreshadowing

23
Q

The story’s what leads to the resolution of a crime in the grave grass quivers?

A

Situational irony

24
What does the resolution of the grave grass quivers conform to?
A biblical worldview
25
In the poem of Scylla toothless it forms to an example of what 2 things
Understatement and hyperbole
26
What is the tone of Scylla toothless
Humorous
27
What does the piece of letter from a west Texas constituent
The federal government farm subsidy program
28
What is the letter from a west Texas constituent real message
The government farm subsidies are illogical and wasteful
29
What is the underlying tone of a west Texas constituent
Anger
30
In a considerable speck what is the speck?
A mite
31
Using imaginative comparison what term is used to characterize the speck?
Personification
32
What is the main target of frosts situational irony in a considerable speck
Mindless writers
33
What is the general tone of the day the dam broke?
Humorous
34
What irony is illustrated throught the essay the day the dam broke?
Dramatic irony
35
What was the essay (the day the dam broke) written for
Written for fun
36
What is the theme of the poem earth
Mans intelligence leads to his destruction
37
What is the poem earth an example of?
Sarcasm
38
What does the speaker help give the reader?
A distant perspective
39
What amplifies the message of thepoem earth?
The tone
40
How does the tone amplify the message of earth
By causing the reader to react almost atomaticly
41
What is the theme of at the aquarium
Man shares a sense of aimlessness with nonhuman creatures
42
What does the poem at the aquarium examplify
Situational irony
43
How does at the aquarium create irony?
By reversing perspective part way through the poem
44
What does the screwtape letters as a whole examplify
Structural irony
45
What does screwtape refers to when speaking of the peaks and trials of humans
Law of undulations.
46
When screwtape speaks of that abominable advantage of the enemy refers to?
Incarnation
47
What does screwtape least understands?
Gods love
48
How does screwtape want people to define "real life"? What does he have to gain?
He wants real life as things that the people can perceive. | If they think that they won't consider spiritual.
49
Describe the three major results of unsatisfaction with the same Old thing.
1. Dissatisfaction creates desire for more. 2. This distracts people from real problems 3. Desire for something new can become a philosophy on its own
50
What does screwtapes letters examplify
Satire
51
The patient is just a?
Ordinary person