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IronySet 1

1When Juliet tells her mother she wonders at the haste at marrying Paris, this is ironic because

2Cleanth Brooks's "Irony as a Principle of Structure" argues irony is primarily what?

3Which literary device is illustrated when the audience knows a secret unknown to the characters?

4Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Being caught in the war can be the most wonderful experience at all."

5This is a type of Irony that is a figure of speech or a line of dialogue where the speaker intends to mean something that contrasts with the literal, or actual meaning of what they are saying.

6In lines 85-86, Mr. Bennet's use of the phrases "high respect" and "my old friends" reveal that his tone is

7The speaker who flouts the maxim of quality:

8What is the literary term for the opposite of what is expected happening?

9What literary devices are emphasized as exposing the absurdity of prejudice?

10Which of the following is NOT typically a method used in satire?

11Which literary device is prominently used in "A Miserable Merry Christmas" to convey the protagonist's emotions?

12How do context and tone affect the interpretation of sarcasm?

13Your friend drops their entire lunch tray and says, "Well, that was a graceful move." What is this an example of?

14What form of comedy would we ascribe to the following quote "O noble judge! O excellent young man."

15Black humor

16Identify the author's attitude or response to the topic in the following sentence:Looking for a job can be a degrading experience.

17A figure of speech that is design to deliver an opposite yet hilarious meaning

18A situation in a play or story in which the author and the audience or reader have information that is unknown to the characters or actors (e.g., Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Snow White does not know the apple offered to her is poisonous, but the audience or reader knows this)

19How can you identify sarcasm?

20What was said is the opposite of what was meant

21Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Anti-Suffragists" advances its argument chiefly by which tonal strategy?

22Tone? "I am totally confused as to why anyone would disagree. It's quite simple ..... "

23What was the satire "The Dunclad" celebrating?

24What is the mood of the following passage?Mr. Jones, since you obviously appear to know everything, would you like to come up here and teach this class for me?

25Which of the following is not necessarily a form of humor?

26E.E. Cummings's "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" exemplifies which stylistic habit?

27Select the best option.Verb is to 'part of speech' as irony is to ' ..... of speech'.

28Which of these is a similarity in tone?

29When Montresor tells Fortunato, "You are luckily met," even though he plans to kill him, what does this reveal about Montresor's character?

30A literary technique used to create meaning that seems to contradict the literal meaning or events

31A type of verbal irony that intends to mock or show contempt

32What is the tone of the following sentence? "'I can't believe you did that,' she said with a smirk."

33Which type of figurative language is this:The student said, "Great I'm late again" as she walked into the classroom.

34In The Rape of the Lock, "Where wigs with wigs, with sword-knots sword-knots strive" -this line mocks:

35On the Ides of March, Caesar believes he will receive the crown, but the audience knows the conspirators are planning to assassinate him on this day. This type is an example of

36Contrast shows contemporary writing often:

37In Coolie, the death's locale (hill station) ironically circles back to:

38Which type of figurative language is it? "A man who is afraid of flying is flying to see a specialist to help him resolve his fear of flying. His plane crashes."

39The ambulance breaks down on the way to the hospital.

40This homework is a piece of cake that can't be possibly finished today.

41"That's not much to boast about." Said the heartless frog. Why is the frog called heartless here? <br />

42What is Mary's tone when she says "Please eat it. Personally, I couldn't touch a thing, It'd be a favor to me if you'd eat it up."

43What does this quote mean "An eye for an eye leaves the world blind"

44Section 2: Identifying Figures of Speech. For each sentence or phrase, identify the figure of speech being used: After a three-hour wait, the doctor said, "We'll be with you shortly."

45"The rotten trash needs to go outside because it smells so unbelievably good." This is verbal irony.

46In Brooks's "Irony .....," the view that poems never contain abstract statements is a corollary of:

47In Brooks's "Irony .....," he warns that "testing" a line by metaphysics moves us:

48I know something the character doesn't know

49The opposite of what you think would happen

50"The use of irony to mock someone" is the definition of:

51The pilot, though afraid of height, flew 20,000 feet above sea level.

52Which type of figurative language is it? "A man won the lottery and the next day he died when the truck delivering his check accidentally hit him."

53A very common type of irony is

54What word best matches the following definition?The opposite of what you expect; words used to convey the opposite

55A difference between the expected and reality

56"As Sarah walked into the dark house, she smiled, unaware that the surprise party had already been canceled hours ago."

57When Romeo says, "He jests at scars that never felt a wound," what does he mean?

58Section 2: Identifying Figures of Speech. For each sentence or phrase, identify the figure of speech being used: Her explanation was as clear as mud.

59A literary devices by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters

60When a character in a story says something, but they actually mean the exact opposite! What's that called?

61The following example is what term: The fire station burnt down.