In literature, verbal irony can create suspense, tension, or a comic effect. Verbal irony is actually the type of irony most used in everyday conversation, and can take the form of sarcasm — which is almost always used to denigrate someone or something. Regardless, the two are not the ...
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2 [U] a form of humor in which you use words to express the opposite of what the words really mean 反语; 反话; 讥讽 The speech is full of irony, humor and comp assion .这次演讲充满了 讥讽、幽默和同 情。 stubborn a. 1 very difficult to change or d e fe at难以改变的;难以击败的...
2. Hiroshima—the “Liveliest” City in Japan:此处运用了 irony(反语)修辞手法,作 者用“liveliest”(最具活力的)来修饰曾经遭受原子弹轰炸的广岛,显然带有讽刺的意味。 3. And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to...
The 1990 low-budget Captain America movie is a very special kind of dumb — the kind where a shot of the White House gets a title card reading “WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON D.C." without a hint of irony. (About 20 minutes later an almost identical shot reads “WASHINGTON D.C.”) The...
Irony:This creates a situation that is supposed to have one effect, but actually has the opposite effect, such as someone who brags about their intelligence while showing a lack of education at the same time. Paradox:This literary device shows two opposing aspects that are in contradiction to...
comprehension of ironyverbal irony vs. literal languageThis study explores the comprehension of simple ironic utterances in 210 Finnish children aged from 3 to 9 years. If the child answered the question correctly, he/she was asked to explain correct answers. The results indicated that there was ...
2. Hiroshima—the “Liveliest” City in Japan:此处运用了 irony(反语)修辞手法,作 者用“liveliest”(最具活力的)来修饰曾经遭受原子弹轰炸的广岛,显然带有讽刺的意味。 3. And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to ...
The irony is that Tae-sung never would have looked twice at Sol if her grumpier older self hadn’t appeared and given him an attitude. But now he’s confused about how one minute she has heart eyes for him and the next she’s acting like a brash noonim who’s trying to take back...
1.填空题] Offset, endow, irony, tri 正文 Vocabulary Test for Unit 5 Directions: 选择最佳答案 1. To make a pillow, shake the feathers into a bag, and then ___the bag closed. A) tumble B) stitch √ C) deteriorate D) rebound 2. The newly released variant of the existing cancer ...