Thursday, November 14- The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich, day 2

Some seat changes today for periods 6 and 7, because of disruptive behavior while reading through the story. 

Irony

There are Three Types of Irony:

• Verbal irony-

  
  

  Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says.
  The main feature of verbal irony that sets it apart from the other different types of irony is that it is used by a speaker intentionally. It occurs in a conversation where a person aims to be understood as meaning something different to what his or her words literally mean.
  Examples of verbal irony include:
  “Thanks for the ticket officer you just made my day!”
  “I can’t wait to read the seven hundred page report.”

  There are two types of verbal irony:

  Overstatement – when a person exaggerates the character of something.
  Understatement – when a person undermines the character of something.
  verbal irony is NOT the same as sarcasm, which is meant to insult.

  Situational Irony

  It involves a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.Situation irony occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens.
  Note: situational irony is not the same as bad luck

• Dramatic Irony

  This type of irony is popular in works of art such as movies, books, poems and plays.
  It occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of.

  There are three stages of dramatic irony:

  Installation – audience is informed of something the character does not know about
  Exploitation – using this information to develop curiosity among the audience
  Resolution – what happens when the character finally finds out what is going on?
  Keep these in mind as you reread the story.

Due today: week 1, vocabulary 3
Class handout: week 1,vocabulary 4---DUE tomorrow, Friday, November 15   copy below
On Monday, you will have a cumulative test on all week 1 vocabularies 1-4.This includes the idiomatic expressions.  I will give you a summary list tomorrow. If you are absent, make sure to check the blog.

no bonus today...watch Friday's

In class work: begin rereading the story "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich and carefully responding to the questions. Most all the questions require textual evidence. You will not receive credit for the response, if it is needed and was not included.