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    politics and alternative topical problems. 2.1.5 Irony Irony is wherever the other of what's expected happens or wherever somebody says the other of what they mean. The death of harmony between one thing that's expected and also the reality 2.1.6 Sarcasm sarcasm is wherever associate insult or fast remark is dismissed at somebody with the intention of inflicting injury. it's usually utilized in repsonse to associate initial statement or comment so as to pour scorn on the explicit plan or…

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    Logos are used in both genre when he uses sarcasm to describe common situation almost like a satire for example when he said “ had the audacity to tell him “get over it” as if depression is something that can be remedied by any of the contents found in a first aid kit”. He uses sarcasm and irony to convey how even though logically it seems silly to even make misconceptions like this but, often we do without realizing it. In the video, he once again uses sarcasm and iron to invoke a bit of logos…

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    Spotting temptations are bad things to do ,but they say it will be good .Taunts are sarcasm and putdowns .Finally threats are exerting pressure like forcing someone or this will happen.Article 1 Paragraph 24- 26”the temptation, or "sell," tantalizes you with possible pleasures and thrills, taunts include put-downs and sarcasm, and threats of exclusion also exert pressure.” This help will you since you know what they trying to make you do and you have to…

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    makes her students introduce themselves to class in French. Since the students were still learning French, they all gave simple answers due to their limited vocabulary. With every response the students made, the teacher would use sarcasm to mock it. As a result, her sarcasm made the students go through “an occasion of shame”. This is ironic because teachers are supposed to be encouraging their students not emotionally breaking them down. With this, the audience feels like the same would happen…

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    An essay is a powerful tool to broadcast personal thought and deliver opinions from writer to readers. Shall we generate an ideal framework in literature education for the students to help them write a “perfect” essay? A Grant MacEwan award-winning novelist, Fred Stenson, published the article “In Search of a Modest Proposal” in 2004 on Alberta Views, in which he argued that current curriculum of literature education diminish the creativity and personality of students. The author initiated his…

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    Through examining Poe’s use of irony and its extended form sarcasm, it is obvious that both are important tools that make Montresor’s scheme of retribution even more bone-chilling. Expertly inserting these devices at different points in the story vividly expresses how Montresor insults his enemy. Also, it provides…

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    Hills like White Elephants” was first published in 1927. It was written by Ernest Hemingway an American writer and journalist. Hemmingway uses symbols found in dialogue and setting to demonstrate the importance of communication in decision making for a couple. The station where the drama unfolds is “between two lines of rails in the sun” at a train station surrounded by hills, fields and trees in a valley in Spain. The story involves two main characters, the male protagonist who is referred to…

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    Most people use sarcasm on a day to day basis. These people usually use sarcasm to portray something that is obvious or to seem funny. However, what they do not realize is that sarcasm is a simpler form of lying. Lying is just one of the themes in the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Miller demonstrates this by how Willy lies in order to appear that he is successful, that he is adored by many, and about his oldest child`s accomplishments. In these ways, Miller uses Willy to illustrate…

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    Purpose: to get people interested in the desert, to inform readers about the dangers of the desert –educational appeal, to make people laugh. You should come and visit the desert but take care of it. Invites you as a recruit to come and protect what’s left of American wilderness. Pg. 17 “Nevertheless all is not lost; much remains, and I welcome the prospect of an army of lug-soled hiker’s boots on the desert trails.” Intended Audience: People new to the desert – first-timers or those who…

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    Nicholas Jones a Philosophy professor in the University of Alabama in Huntsville gave a talk about liberal arts in the university which he then wrote, edited, and published it as an article “Liberal Arts, The Advantages Of Being Useless” (2012). He published the article on October 2012, Huntsville AL, on academia, so he was probably targeting students, maybe professors, from all over the world. He wanted every student ,those who want/ are pursuing a degree in liberal arts, those who are still…

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