LITERATURE (Ch. 6) (test: irony) (part 1)

paradox

a seeming contradiction

satire

corrective ridicule in literature (uses irony in a mocking tone)

hyperbole

intended exaggeration

example of situational irony

paradox

foreshadowing

prophetic irony

5 forms of verbal irony

sarcasm, hyperbole, understatement, foreshadowing, pun

understatement

statement that proves something by denying its opposite

dramatic irony

the audience/ reader knows something that the character do not

situational irony

the contrast between what is reasonable to expect and what actually happens

verbal irony

the language that means something other than what it actually states

pun

the use of words identical in sound but different in meaning to create a double meaning

irony

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

sarcasm

verbal iron that takes the form of mock praise

structural irony

verbal irony that extends throughout an entire work

3 forms of irony

verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony