There are three different types of irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader or audience understands something that the characters do not. Situational irony is the difference between what happens and what was expected to happen. Verbal irony is when words express something contrary to the truth or when someone says the opposite of what they feel.
The passage, "May the Gods rain down all kinds of fortune on your lives, misfortune never harbor in your homeland," is from <em>The Odyssey</em>. Odysseus says this prayer after King Alcinous told the nobles to be generous with their gifts. It is ironic because Odysseus is the reasoning for their suffering. It is an example of situational irony because Odysseus is causing their misfortune and saying a prayer that there not be misfortune in their land.
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Once upon a time there was a cat.
Everyday the cat would run outside and hunt for prey.
One day, the cat spotted a huge dog that started to chase the cat.
Because of that the cat ran up a tree.
Because of that the dog tried to climb the tree.
Until finally, the dog realized it couldn't.
Explanation:
Answer:
Id say it contains at least three clauses:two independent and one independent.
Explanation:
Compound complex sentences
Constructing Compound-Complex Sentences
A compound-complex sentence is comprised of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Example: Though Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
Answer:
Visitors to Actun Tunichil Muknal, a cave in Belize that serves <u>as an </u>archaeological site<u>, have</u> to swim to its entrance<u>.</u>
Explanation:
The sentence has four mistakes:
- It is missing a comma at the end of the relative clause. Without it, the sentence does not make sense. The word has that follows is referring to the archeological site, which grammatically is the correct verb for a singular person, but semantically it does not make sense.
- When we add the comma to clarify that "a cave in Belize that serves as an archaeological site" is extra information about Actun Tunichil Muknal, the verb has must be in the plural form (have) since it is referring to visitors.
- The clause "a cave in Belize that serves archaeological site" has missing words. First, the adverb as to signify that the cave equals an archeological site. Secondly, the indefinite article "an" The indefinite article means that Actun Tunichil Muknal belongs to the group of archeological sites.
- The last mistake is the closing punctuation at the end of the sentence.
