Dear Alanis Morrissette:
I'm writing to you because during our last class of Bilingualisim and Biliteracy our teacher Gina gave a demonstration of an activity of Language through content and we talked about one of your most famous hits "Ironic"...
We were discussing if your lyric had Irony on it, but we found that there were just one "Well isn't this nice..." That phrase shows a clear example of verbal irony.
First, we thought that the whole song was an irony itself, but after reading the hand out we noticed that an irony is not a simple thing. We learned that there are three types of irony:
1.-Verbal: This is the contrast between what is said and what is meant. Most sarcastic comments are ironic.
For instance, the person who says, "Nice going, Einstein," isn't really paying anyone a compliment.
For instance, the person who says, "Nice going, Einstein," isn't really paying anyone a compliment.
2.- Dramatic: This is the contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true.
Think soap operas!
3.- Situational: It is the contrast between what happens and what was expected.
It's the equivalent of a person spraying shaving cream in his own face when he was trying to spray his best friend.
So, I recommend you to be more careful when you name a song, it may confuse some students that are learning this concept. We can find a link on Wikipedia of the article "Irony" where your song it's related to.
Warm regards,
Marian!
Link of definitios of the Three Types of Irony:
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