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8th Grade Vocab- IRONY/Tell-Tale Heart

Irony vocabulary and a Tell-Tale heart vocabulary.

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IronyToday, we do something very similar when we employ irony, often by saying the opposite of what we really mean. The word can also refer to a situation that turns out to be amusingly different from what we expected:
Dramatic IronyDramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don’t.
Situational ironySituational irony is when the exact opposite of what you expect to happen happens. Situational irony, like verbal irony, is powered by the incongruity between the expectation and the actual outcome.
verbal IronyVerbal irony is the use of language to express the opposite sentiment than what is expected. The most recognizable form of verbal irony is sarcasm, where the speaker says the opposite of what they mean, often for comedic effect.
Relevantclosely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand.
Implorebeg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
Ominousand the related word omen both come from the 16th century Latin word ōmen "foreboding." However, unlike omen, which is a sign of something good or bad to come, ominous always describes something unpleasant or threatening.
Discoursewritten or spoken communication or debate.
Decorumis proper and polite behavior. If you let out a big belch at a fancy dinner party, you're not showing much decorum.
VexedDisturbed ,annoyed
WaryCautious
VehementlyForcefully;passionatley
HypocriticalFalse or deceptive
MadDeranged;crazy or insane
MoodThe feeling a story conveys to its readers
SupposoitionA guessor hypothesis,Inference
SuspenseIntense feeling than an audence goes through while waiting fr the outcome of events
Tonethe authors attitude toward the story
MethaphorComparing two things without using like or as
SimileCompareing two things using Like or as.
AlliterationThe beginning of the same sound in the beggining of connected words
HyperboleAn exargeration
PersonificationGiving human like qualities to inanimate objects.
Vignettea small illustration or portrait photograph that fades into its background without a definite border. verb
IdiomFigure of Speech
AdverbDescribes a verb.



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