Wednesday, February 12 th

Do now: ◦ Please take out HW. Discuss “Digging” in pairs Partner 1: Discuss symbols and what they mean. ◦ Partner 2: Discuss how the poem functions as allegory. Agenda: -Do now and share out -Mini-lesson and exercises on irony  HOMEWORK: ◦ English 12: Read poems 7 and 8 and answer the questions. ◦ AP Literature: Read poems 16-18; answer questions. AP Practice Essay (timed: 40 minutes) due on Friday. ◦ Everyone, tomorrow: Wordly Wise Ch.7 quiz, with q’s on poetic terms. ◦ Baby pics! Lit magazine!

◦ Share out “Do Now.” Discuss “Digging” in pairs (Poem 6 for Eng 12, Poem 14 for AP)  Partner 1: Discuss symbols and what they mean.  Partner 2: Discuss how the poem functions as allegory.  (A.P. Hand out AP practice essay, due Friday.)

 These 3 scenarios are examples of IRONY: ◦ Jake looks outside and, seeing that it’s the middle of a hurricane, says, “What a beautiful day for a picnic!” ◦ Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, uses an Apple computer. ◦ You’re on the edge of your seat watching a scary movie because the girl on screen is making popcorn, unaware that there’s a man with a knife in the next room.  Now, do your best to jot down a definition of IRONY on your worksheet.

 Irony: The expression of the opposite of the literal meaning, or a disconnect between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected/normal result. —Merriam-Webster Dictionary  In other words… a literary technique characterized by a contrast between reality (what is) and appearance (what seems to be).  3 types of irony…

 Verbal irony- saying the opposite of what one mean. It’s different from sarcasm, which is intended to wound the feelings, and satire, which is a more formal term for sarcasm, applied to literature; verbal irony does not intend to be cruel or kind.

 Dramatic irony: When you know/ understand something about the events of a story that the character in the story doesn’t know.

 Situational irony, When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected.

 Instructions: On your worksheet (other side), jot down the type of irony that these examples convey: ◦ Upon entering the boys’ locker room filled with the soccer team after practice, the coach remarked, “It smells like roses in here!” ◦ In the play Oedipus Rex, when Oedipus kills Laius, the audience realizes he is killing his biological father, but Oedipus doesn’t. ◦ The show The Biggest Loser was sponsored by Pepsi Cola. ◦ The fact that many of the lyrics in Alanis Morissette’s song, “Isn’t it ironic?” aren’t actually ironic. Let’s review them.

 Overstatement, or hyperbole, is simply exaggeration, but in the service of telling a certain truth with added emphasis.  If you were to leave me,  if I were to fold  only my own clothes,  the convexes and concaves  of my blouses, panties, stockings, bras  turned upon themselves,  a mountain of unsorted wash  could not fill  the empty side of the bed.  (Excerpt from “Sorting Laundry” by Elisavietta Richie)  Jot down your own example.

 Understatement, may emphasize the truth by understating it; may be more apparent in how one says it. It may be used to be humorous, grave, fanciful, or convincing.  Example: Trying to protect his students’ innocence  he told them the Ice Age was really just  the Chilly Age, a period of million years  when everyone had to wear sweaters.  And the Stone Age became the Gravel Age,  named after the long driveways of the time.  The Spanish Inquisition was nothing more  Than an outbreak of questions such as  “How far is it from here to Madrid?”  “What do you call a Matador’s hat?”  (Excerpt from “History Teacher” by Billy Collins)  Jot down your own example.

 A paradox is a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true.  Example: Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded.  Jot down your own example.  Exit slip: Raise your hand to indicate whether the following scenario is an example or irony, overstatement, understatement, or paradox: ◦ A boy, missing his girlfriend who is vacationing with her family in France, says, “My love is just across the pond.”

 English 12: Read poems 7 and 8 and answer the questions.  AP Lit: Read poems 16-18; answer questions. AP Practice Essay (timed: 40 minutes) due on Friday.  Tomorrow: Wordly Wise Ch.7 quiz, with questions on poetic terms so far.  Baby pics! Enter Epoch Lit mag!