Thursday, October 6, IRONY and Point of View

Objective: By the end of class, students will understand and be able to identify different types of irony and points of view, and how different POV's directly affect interpretation.

DO NOW

Write definitions of three kinds of irony into notebooks (definitions provided). You can just write the first definition for each. Leave room under each one to add examples thoughout the class.

Listen to IRONIC song and follow along reading the stanzas.

Identify situational irony in each stanza.

Can you find an example of verbal irony in the song? Why is it ironic?

Think of three examples from books or movies that create dramatic irony.

POV's

Read handout in groups at your table and identify each 1st person, 2nd person, third person and omniscient narrators. What is the definition of OMNISCIENT? Write the definitions of each in your notebooks.

Which ONE of the four is not biased (not opinionated)? Why?

Complete POV handout. Determine POV for each paragraph provided.

Review answers.

Exit pass.