Irony: Detecting and interpreting

Situational, verbal, and dramatic irony is very common, yet we often misunderstand them. Learn about irony and why it is important to detect the author's use of irony in passages and literary texts.

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GUIDE
"Interpreting what we read" (THIS PLAYLIST): https://goo.gl/7uwg2w

Transition words... https://youtu.be/7aksqJCgAMA
The author's purpose (1/3)... https://youtu.be/z6H2NLPqWtI
The author's point of view (2/3)... https://youtu.be/aptsr0CrpWY
The author's tone (3/3)... https://youtu.be/h4YZ3BSaSDQ
Irony: Detecting and interpreting ... https://youtu.be/R6v2e37D-es
RELATED VIDEOS
"About Literacy" playlist: https://goo.gl/t2DtAU
"Vocabulary" playlist: https://goo.gl/yHNS6R
"Interpreting What we Read" playlist: https://goo.gl/7uwg2w
"Critical Reading" playlist: https://goo.gl/NGbCVA
FURTHER READING
Example of situational irony in the news (article): http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/syrians-rescue-german-far-right-stefan-jagsch-from-car-crash-wreckage

A cartoonist explains irony (web page): http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony
MUSIC

"And Then We Take Them Down Again" by Dokashiteru (feat. Susan Joseph)

"Sofamusik" in Dance of Anarchy by Sofamusik
THE NOUN PROJECT ICONS

"computer user" by Wilson Joseph
"document" by Creative Stall
"ice skating" by Aldric Rodríguez
"laughing boy" by Meghan Hendricks
"older woman" by Brad Ashburn
"person" Jens Taerning
"sad" by Javier Sánchez
"walking" by Irene Hoffman
"woman" by Lil Squid
"woman" by Simon Child #reading #series

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