Past Tense: a Thing of The Past
Underfunding schools have been a debatable topic for years, as many have schools must cut off classes or a certain number of students to keep the school going, even though most of the students left don’t learn much because some of the most interesting classes and programs are gone. In Underfunded Schools by the Onion, the writers use elements of ridicule, clever wordplay, and irony to convey and bring light to the universal truth that schools cut out the necessary and important things in their curriculums based on their financial problems.
Usually when someone uses high comedy ridicule is clearly evident in their work. In Underfunded Schools by The Onion, the article uses a heavy amount of sarcasm. In paragraph …show more content…
In paragraph 9, it reports, “Said Hatch, “I can’t even remember the last time I had to use it.”” This is a prime example of irony in this article as Hatch clearly used past tense in this sentence. It also shows that it is necessary to keep past tense in the curriculum as you can’t really talk about anything from the past. What you ate last night, what you did 3 seconds ago, you can’t really talk about any of that without using the past tense. In paragraph 3, it deems, ““With our current budget, the past tense must unfortunately become a thing of the past.”” Even though this is a quote I’ve repeated many times, this shows that many lines can contain many different elements of comedy. And in this case it’s irony, as it’s ironic that they’re throwing away the past tense and calling it a thing of the past as it literally describes the past. To go back to my commentary, lines can have many elements of comedy. So I’m going to use another line I’ve used many times before, from paragraph 3, it states, ““With our current budget, the past tense must unfortunately become a thing of the past.”” This is an example of irony because we just read something you wouldn’t really expect. This is how the Onion uses irony to convey truth through
Underfunding schools have been a debatable topic for years, as many have schools must cut off classes or a certain number of students to keep the school going, even though most of the students left don’t learn much because some of the most interesting classes and programs are gone. In Underfunded Schools by the Onion, the writers use elements of ridicule, clever wordplay, and irony to convey and bring light to the universal truth that schools cut out the necessary and important things in their curriculums based on their financial problems.
Usually when someone uses high comedy ridicule is clearly evident in their work. In Underfunded Schools by The Onion, the article uses a heavy amount of sarcasm. In paragraph …show more content…
In paragraph 9, it reports, “Said Hatch, “I can’t even remember the last time I had to use it.”” This is a prime example of irony in this article as Hatch clearly used past tense in this sentence. It also shows that it is necessary to keep past tense in the curriculum as you can’t really talk about anything from the past. What you ate last night, what you did 3 seconds ago, you can’t really talk about any of that without using the past tense. In paragraph 3, it deems, ““With our current budget, the past tense must unfortunately become a thing of the past.”” Even though this is a quote I’ve repeated many times, this shows that many lines can contain many different elements of comedy. And in this case it’s irony, as it’s ironic that they’re throwing away the past tense and calling it a thing of the past as it literally describes the past. To go back to my commentary, lines can have many elements of comedy. So I’m going to use another line I’ve used many times before, from paragraph 3, it states, ““With our current budget, the past tense must unfortunately become a thing of the past.”” This is an example of irony because we just read something you wouldn’t really expect. This is how the Onion uses irony to convey truth through