Characterization and Irony Review

Poll

The best fruit is

• apple

• banana

• strawberry

• peach

• grapes

Characterization and Irony Review

Multiple Choice

Characterization is how authors

• use irony

• tell a story

• create characters

Stay the same over the course of a text

​Static (Flat)

Change over the course of a text

Dynamic (Round)

Types of Characters

Multiple Choice

What type of character is Mary Maloney in "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

• Static

• Dynamic

Dropdown

Mary changes from being a ​

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wife at the beginning of the story to a betrayed woman willing to ​

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her ​

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with no ​

Select answer

.

Multiple Choice

What type of character is Mr. Maloney?

• Static

• Dynamic

Multiple Choice

What type of character is Tessie Hutchinson (the woman who "wins" the lottery) in "The Lottery"?

• Static

• Dynamic

Drag and Drop

Tessie changes from someone who is ​

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to be at the lottery, ​

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with her neighbors, to a ​

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woman, crying that the lottery is ​

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when she realizes that she is the ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

happy

joking

desperate

unfair

winner

Multiple Choice

What is the strategy we learned for analyzing a character?

• I.R.O.N.

• G.O.L.D.

• B.O.R.R.O.W.

• S.T.E.A.L.

Multiple Choice

S.T.E.A.L. stands for

• Science, Talents, Education, Actions, Looks

• Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks

• Speech, Talents, Education, Authority, Logos

Irony

When something unexpected is said or happens

Irony can add humor, suspense, or emphasis

3 types of irony

1. Situational - when an expected outcome doesn't happen

2. Verbal - when speaker says the opposite of what they mean

3. Dramatic - when audience knows something that characters don't know

Multiple Choice

In Beauty and the Beast, the audience knows that Beast is really a prince; but Belle does not.

• situational irony (when an expected outcome doesn't happen)

• verbal irony (when a word means the opposite of what is expected)

• dramatic irony (when the audience knows something the characters don't)

Multiple Choice

Remy the rat being an amazing chef in Ratatouille is an example of

• situational irony (when an expected outcome doesn't happen)

• verbal irony (when a word means the opposite of what is expected)

• dramatic irony (when the audience knows something the characters don't)

Multiple Choice

The audience knowing that Mulan is a woman, while the rest of the other men in the military do not is an example of

• situational irony (when an expected outcome doesn't happen)

• verbal irony (when a word means the opposite of what is expected)

• dramatic irony (when the audience knows something the characters don't)

Multiple Choice

If it's raining and cold and I say "What a beautiful day," I am using what type of irony (assuming I don't love rainy days).

• situational irony (when an expected outcome doesn't happen)

• verbal irony (when a word means the opposite of what is expected)

• dramatic irony (when the audience knows something the characters don't)

Multiple Choice

When winning "The Lottery" is actually being condemned to death is an example of

• situational irony (when an expected outcome doesn't happen)

• verbal irony (when a word means the opposite of what is expected)

• dramatic irony (when the audience knows something the characters don't)

Multiple Choice

The title "The Lottery" is an example of

• situational irony (when an expected outcome doesn't happen)

• verbal irony (when a word means the opposite of what is expected)

• dramatic irony (when the audience knows something the characters don't)

Multiple Choice

When the detective is eating the leg of lamb and says that the murder weapon is "Probably right under our very noses," this is an example of

• situational irony (when an expected outcome doesn't happen)

• verbal irony (when a word means the opposite of what is expected)

• dramatic irony (when the audience knows something the characters don't)

Poll

My understanding of irony is

• Much better

• About the same

• Worse:/