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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

irony and Ambiguity

At first, I thought irony was sarcasm but I learned that this was wrong. Actually, irony is the difference between what the readers expect or what seems suitable and the reality of what happens. There are three types of irony: dramatic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony.

I also learned about ambiguity. I used to think ambiguity was a cliff hanger at the end of the story, but I learned that ambiguity is a part of a text with multiple manings in which something can be interpreted in a number of different ways.

On my irony and ambiguity pretest, I was far below grade-level. On my posttest, I hope that I will be at grade-level.

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