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1 The book of the Dead Journal Topics: 1. How much do you know about the early lives of your parents? List some interesting things 2. What kinds of secrets might you keep from a child if you were a parent? 3. What kinds of facts about a parent s past are important for a child to know? Three Types of Irony VVVVVVVV eeeeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyyy SSSSSSSS ttttttttuuuuuuuuppppppppiiiiiiiidddddddd DDDDDDDD oooooooogggggggg VERBAL IRONY Irony that is spoken When you say something, but mean something else Can be sarcasm if the speaker uses a bitter tone Facetious joking or trying to be funny, especially at the wrong time. SITUATIONAL IRONY When the opposite of an expected situation happens Things turn out the opposite of what you expect DRAMATIC IRONY When the audience of a story or drama knows something that the characters do not know Answer these Literary Element questions from your text (the purple ones ) Text and Question Your answer p.
2 Dimanche, the Port-au-Prince prison ironically named after the Lord s Day. What is ironic about the prison s name? p. 55 ..and collapsed into her arms, his face still bleeding from his last beating. They married and left for New York a year later. What is ironic about this situation? p. 55 There was no hint in the photograph of what had once happened to the father. How is this information about Fontineau s father an example of situational irony? p. 57 But now I am angry. I want to hit my father and beat the craziness out of his head. Relate the narrator s anger to situational irony. Remember that her father has information that she does not. p. 59 I have not had the opportunity, my father says. What is ironic about this statement? Name _____ Copyright by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Quick Checks Course 5, Unit One, Part 1 5 Name _____ Date _____ Class _____ScoreSELECTION QUICK CHECKThe book of The Dead by Edwidge Danticat (page 52)Use complete sentences to answer the following How does Danticat s story begin?
3 2. Why is the narrator in Florida? 3. How has the father s experience in prison affected him? 4. Why does the father dislike the sculpture? 5. Why are the narrator s father and Gabrielle s father opposites?
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