Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Literary Term of the Day: IRONY

A definition of irony:
  1. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
  2. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.
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 1. Situational irony rarely gives so many so much satisfaction.
2. Alanis Morrisette does not know the difference between "ironic" and "annoying."
3. Reading this morning's story, I laughed my face off.

ps, click here to see why Alanis Morissette fails, too.

This is how you find the subject of a sentence.
This is how you find the verb.
This is how you find the direct object. 
This is what a predicate nominative is.
This is what an implied subject is.

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