Wednesday, February 12th
Do now:
◦ Please take out HW.
Discuss “Digging” in pairs
Partner 1: Discuss symbols
and what they mean.
◦ Partner 2: Discuss how the
poem functions as
allegory.
Agenda:
-Do now and share out
-Mini-lesson and
exercises on irony
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HOMEWORK:
◦ English 12: Read poems 7
and 8 and answer the
questions.
◦ AP Literature: Read poems
16-18; answer questions.
AP Practice Essay (timed:
40 minutes) due on Friday.
◦ Everyone, tomorrow:
Wordly Wise Ch.7 quiz,
with q’s on poetic terms.
◦ Baby pics! Lit magazine!
◦ Share out “Do Now.” Discuss “Digging” in pairs
(Poem 6 for Eng 12, Poem 14 for AP)
 Partner 1: Discuss symbols and what they mean.
 Partner 2: Discuss how the poem functions as allegory.
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(A.P. Hand out AP practice essay, due Friday.)
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These 3 scenarios are examples of IRONY:
◦ Jake looks outside and, seeing that it’s the middle
of a hurricane, says, “What a beautiful day for a
picnic!”
◦ Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, uses an Apple
computer.
◦ You’re on the edge of your seat watching a scary
movie because the girl on screen is making
popcorn, unaware that there’s a man with a knife in
the next room.
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Now, do your best to jot down a definition of
IRONY on your worksheet.
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Irony: The expression of the opposite of the
literal meaning, or a disconnect between the
actual result of a sequence of events and the
expected/normal result. —Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
In other words… a literary technique
characterized by a contrast between reality
(what is) and appearance (what seems to be).
3 types of irony…
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Verbal irony- saying the opposite of what one mean.
It’s different from sarcasm, which is intended to
wound the feelings, and satire, which is a more
formal term for sarcasm, applied to literature; verbal
irony does not intend to be cruel or kind.
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Dramatic irony: When you know/ understand
something about the events of a story that
the character in the story doesn’t know.
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Situational irony, •When what actually
happens is the opposite of what is expected.
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Instructions: On your worksheet (other side), jot down
the type of irony that these examples convey:
◦ Upon entering the boys’ locker room filled with the soccer
team after practice, the coach remarked, “It smells like
roses in here!”
◦ In the play Oedipus Rex, when Oedipus kills Laius, the
audience realizes he is killing his biological father, but
Oedipus doesn’t.
◦ The show The Biggest Loser was sponsored by Pepsi Cola.
◦ The fact that many of the lyrics in Alanis Morissette’s song,
“Isn’t it ironic?” aren’t actually ironic.
Let’s review them.
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Overstatement, or hyperbole, is simply exaggeration, but in the
service of telling a certain truth with added emphasis.
If you were to leave me,
if I were to fold
only my own clothes,
the convexes and concaves
of my blouses, panties, stockings, bras
turned upon themselves,
a mountain of unsorted wash
could not fill
the empty side of the bed.
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(Excerpt from “Sorting Laundry” by Elisavietta Richie)
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Jot down your own example.
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Understatement, may emphasize the truth by understating it;
may be more apparent in how one says it. It may be used to be
humorous, grave, fanciful, or convincing.
Example: Trying to protect his students’ innocence
he told them the Ice Age was really just
the Chilly Age, a period of million years
when everyone had to wear sweaters.
And the Stone Age became the Gravel Age,
named after the long driveways of the time.
The Spanish Inquisition was nothing more
Than an outbreak of questions such as
“How far is it from here to Madrid?”
“What do you call a Matador’s hat?”
(Excerpt from “History Teacher” by Billy Collins)
 Jot down your own example.
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A paradox is a statement that apparently
contradicts itself and yet might be true.
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Example: Nobody goes to that restaurant
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Jot down your own example.
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because it is too crowded.
Exit slip: Raise your hand to indicate whether the
following scenario is an example or irony,
overstatement, understatement, or paradox:
◦ A boy, missing his girlfriend who is vacationing with her
family in France, says, “My love is just across the pond.”
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English 12: Read poems 7 and 8 and answer
the questions.
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AP Lit: Read poems 16-18; answer questions.
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Tomorrow: Wordly Wise Ch.7 quiz, with
questions on poetic terms so far.
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Baby pics! Enter Epoch Lit mag!
AP Practice Essay (timed: 40 minutes) due on
Friday.