Theme, Irony, and Symbolism

Contrast between expectation and reality, between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

• Irony

• Symbol

• Theme

• Character

When there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens or when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does take place

• Cosmic Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

multiple meanings; an element of uncertainty in a text, in which something can be interpreted in a number of different ways

• Ambiguity

• Irony

• Symbolism

• Foreshadowing

A person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself (literal/concrete meaning) and for something beyond itself (figurative/abstract meaning); often visual, reappear throughout a text, and are associated with figurative language

• Theme

• Flashback

• Irony

• Symbol

A writer or speaker says one thing but really means something completely different; some types are sarcasm, overstatement, understatement

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Cosmic Irony

• Situational Irony

A symbolic type of story; a very brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral, or a practical lesson about life

• Poetry

• Allegory

• Parable

• Fable

A short, allegorical story that teaches a moral or religious lesson about life; a symbolic type of story

• Poetry

• Situational Irony

• Fable

• Parable

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know; the use of this creates suspense

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Cosmic Irony

A symbolic story in which the characters, setting and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

• Allusion

• Parable

• Fable

• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Irony can best be used to achieve which of the following effects?

• create humor, suspense, or tragedy
• create an emotional connection with the audience
• create action, setting, and basic situation
• introduce new characters

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A