The Gift of the Magi - 4th period (M)

Instigate

• The condition of having good fortune

• A desire to have something that is possessed by another

• To provoke or stir up

Prosperity

• Not arrogant

• The condition of having good fortune

• A destructive action

Depreciate

• Mentally agile

• To search thoroughly

• To lower the value of something

Terrify

• A tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

• To frighten greatly

• To move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

Sentiment

• A tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

• Mentally quick

• Not arrogant

Ecstatic

• desire strongly or persistently

• Feeling great rapture or delight

• To endure the loss of

Vanish

• To cease to exist

• To make free from confusion or ambiguity

• A special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all

Situational Irony

• When the outcome of a situation is totally different from what people expect.

• A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

• The message, meaning, or moral the author is teaching the reader.

Verbal Irony

• The meaning, message, or moral the author is teaching the reader.

• When the outcome of a situation is totally different from what people expect.

• A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

Dramatic Irony

• The audience knows more than the character

• A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

• The message, moral, or meaning the author is teaching us through the story