Do Now

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Do Now

• Sign up for your teaching day

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Homework

• Prepare for the lesson on Wednesday

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Humor Irony

• Serious writing does not always have to be
  solemn.
• Humor Irony allow for compression
• Humor is an indirect appeal to emotions
• Avoids sentimentality
• Avoids direct editorializing
• Avoids over poeticizing

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Humor often relies on Irony

• Verbal
• Sarcasm (what is said is not what is really
  meant)
• Situational
• The situation often does not match the outcome or
  what is expected.
• Dramatic
• The character believes what we know not to be the
  case.

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Rape Fantasies pp. 348-355

• Read the short story, and identify examples of
  each type of irony
• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic
• Answer Which form does Atwood rely upon the
  most?

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Explicate

• Like, how could a fellow do that to a person
  hes just had a long conversation with, once you
  let them know youre human, you have a life too,
  I dont see how they could go ahead with it,
  right? I mean, I know it happens but I just dont
  understand it, that the part I really dont
  understand.

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Ending Questions

• What would you say the theme of this story is?
• How does the humor irony support that theme?
• Does Atwood get sentimental at the end?