Tagged definitions, examples, rhetoric, schemes, tropes Sarcasmus Posted on May 19, 2017 | Leave a comment Sarcasmus (sar’kaz’-mus): Use of mockery, verbal taunts, or bitter irony. I think that’s a lovely hairdo. I like the long swirling blond wings. A truly cosmic comb-over. Yo...
a dinner guest noted forrepartee Examples ofsarcasmin a Sentence "That was my favorite show yet this tour," Banks says. "I love audiences that are ambivalent." For a second, I think he's laying on thesarcasm, until he continues. "I really like the chance to win people over."— David...
Kaelen Tucker, an athlete for BrookvilleHigh School, was a runner in the second leg of the4×22 meter relayFriday that took place at Liberty University for the VHSL Class 3 State Indoor Championships. While in a close contest for the second place position, the junior was trying to go into...
Ironydescribes situations that are strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. Note the "opposite" here. If an expectation is black, then an ironic outcome would be white, not off-white or gray. Here are some clear examples. Bill ...
Oh yeah it exist here. It is used a lot less than most english speakers though. I can't come up with any great examples of the top of my head but some of the more tell tale signs of it will be signaled by the use of 呢 and 嘛. These are not exclusively used in sarcasm (maybe...
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