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Reuben, Paul P. ''PAL: Appendix G: Elements of Fiction.'' PAL: Perspectives in American Literature-A Research and Reference Guide. June 22, 2005 | |||
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Revision as of 18:41, 10 February 2006
Irony: noun: the outcome of events contrary to what was expected.(175)
Irony: [L ironia, fr. Gk eironia, fr. eiron: dissembler] 1)the use of words to express the opposite of what one really means 2) incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result. (263)
Rhetorical terms-A Glossary of Rhetorical terms by Ross Scaife at the Unviersity of Kentucky
Appendix G-PAL: Appendix G: Elements of Fiction by Paul Reuben
Reuben discusses the three forms of irony: Verbal, Dramatic, and the Irony of Situation.
Works Cited
"Irony". A Student's Dictionary and Gazetteer 8th edition, 2005.
"Irony". Webster's New Dictionary of the English Language New Edition, 2005.
Scaife, Ross. "A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples." The University of Kentucky, 2005
Reuben, Paul P. PAL: Appendix G: Elements of Fiction. PAL: Perspectives in American Literature-A Research and Reference Guide. June 22, 2005