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Click the picture above to watch Alanis Morissettes Ironic music video.

IRONYStyle in a short story can be in the form of:

AdjectivesCommasRepetition of wordsActive words (preferable)Passive words

WHAT IS STYLE?

The word that should usually be left out of writing, just like it is left out of speech. For example we would say She knew she could do it rather than She knew that she could do it

THAT IS SO NOT IN STYLE!

Style sets the mood for the story. It leads readers into how to read the story, enabling them to connect.

WHY IS STYLE IMPORTANT?LOOK FOR:Use of diction (word choice)Syntax (order of words in a sentence)

HOW TO RECOGNIZE STYLEStyle is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.-Robert Frost

TONEA writers use of language reveals his or her tone or attitude toward the subject.

WHAT IS TONE?For example, the tone of a story could be joyful, therefore the mood might be joyous, but not the other way around.TONE

MOOD

TONE IS NOT MOODWatch the youtube video linked below and then choose 3 words that describe the tone.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWf9fP-A-U

CAN YOU RECOGNIZE TONE?Now watch this youtube video with all of the same images, just new music and edited differently. Do you think the tone has changed?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic

HOW ABOUT THIS VERSION?Irony is a contrast or discrepancy between one thing and another

WHAT IS IRONY?Verbal IronySituational IronyDramatic IronyIronic Irony

TYPES OF IRONYRomeo & Juliet = Dramatic IronyWe (the audience) know that Juliet has only taken a sleeping potion, but all of the characters think she is dead, essentially resulting in her lover Romeos suicide.

MEMORABLE IRONIC MOMENTS

John Hinckley = Situational IronyAll 3 shots Hinckley fired in an attempt to kill Ronald Regan missed the President. A bullet that ricocheted off of the Presidents bulletproof limousine hit Regan in the chest. Irony = the vehicle made to protect the President incidentally killed him.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS CONT.Writers can develop a deeper meaning in a textIt can be an effective way of engaging and involving a reader in a text

WHY IS IRONY IMPORTANT?Click here for a checklist you can use to analyze an authors styleClick here to access a tone and mood worksheetClick here to access a list of different tone and mood wordsClick here for the Identifying Irony worksheet

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