Idioms and Irony Idiom n 1 any commonly
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Idioms and Irony
Idiom (n) – 1. any commonly used word or expression that has a figurative meaning beyond the literal meaning For example, some common idioms that figuratively refer to death are…
Kicked the Bucket!
Pushing up Daisies!
Bite the Dust!
Idioms that Mean “It’s Easy” a piece of cake easy as pie it was a breeze can do it with my eyes closed it’s not rocket science child’s play
Idioms from Baseball batting a thousand swing for the fences striking out in the ballpark of… big leagues / bush leagues covering your bases out of left field getting to first base 100% perfect give maximum effort failing approximately… pro! / amateur! ready for anything completely unexpected earning a kiss
Some Idioms People Still Use from Hamlet’s Soliloquy there’s the rub there’s the problem to shuffle off this mortal coil to die what dreams may come the afterlife slings and arrows to endure the problems of life
Some Idioms from Shakespeare to your heart’s content haven’t slept a wink in a pickle in my mind’s eye it’s high time… rhyme nor reason send him packing laying it on thick into thin air the green-eyed monster a foregone conclusion well read forever and a day good riddance
Idioms from Macbeth a sorry sight an unwelcome aspect or feature as pure as snow untouched and innocent screw your courage to the sticking place be steadfast at one fell swoop suddenly, in a single action fair play / foul play just and equal / dishonest and treacherous
Irony What we expect to happen vs. What actually happens
Situational Irony When we expect one thing to happen, but something unexpected happens instead
Situational Irony Umm… shouldn’t a guy in a toothpaste advertisement… you know, have teeth? ←
Verbal Irony When somebody says one thing, but they mean something different
Verbal Irony Sure, she says she’s not ← alone… …but come on, she ← really means that she is alone
Dramatic Irony When the reader/audience knows something that the characters don’t know
Dramatic Irony He expects a pleasant ← distraction from life on a desert island… …but we know he’s ← going to be disappointed
Which Kind? I want to compliment you on your work, Dobbs. Tell me when you do some. Verbal Irony
We’re lucky we found this Which Kind? piece of wood floating by. ” Dramatic Irony
Which Kind? Situational Irony
Which Kind? In “The Most Dangerous Game, ” Sanger Rainsford is a famous hunter, but now he is the one being hunted. Situational Irony
Which Kind? When Romeo finds what he believes to be Juliet’s dead body, he ends his own life, even though the audience knows that Juliet was just faking her death. Dramatic Irony
Which Kind? In Animal Farm, after Snowball gets run off the farm, Napoleon says that even though he pretended to hate the windmill, he was really in favor of building it all along. Verbal Irony
Which Kind? When Tom Benecke, after rescuing his yellow paper, after narrowly surviving a ten minute foray on a narrow ledge, opens the door to go join his wife at the movies, the yellow paper flies out the window again. Situational Irony
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