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1 Vocabulary Guide to All Things Wilde.
Playing with Words Vocabulary Guide to All Things Wilde.

2 Think about the title of the play…
Ernest is a proper name earnest means to be serious and honest in intention/effort/purpose The very title is a play on words, or pun, on the idea of being honest/sincere

3 Pun The humorous use of a word or phrase to emphasize or suggest its different meanings; a play on words.

4 Situational Irony When a character or reader expects one thing to happen but something else actually happens.

5 Verbal Irony When a writer or character says one thing but means another.

6 Dramatic Irony When the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know.

7 Epigram Clever contradictory statement.

8 Wit A clever ability to express connections between ideas that cause amusement.

9 Repartee An exchange of witty comments.

10 Farce Light, humorous play whose plot focuses on an exaggerated or highly unlikely situation.


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