Getting Ready for “To Build a Fire” by Jack London Brenda White Joplin High School Communication Arts 3 College Prep

IRONY Verbal Irony Dramatic Irony Situational Irony

VERBAL IRONY This is the contrast between what is said and what is meant. Verbal irony is often sarcasm.

DRAMATIC IRONY This is the contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the readers) know to be true. Tragic Irony is a form of dramatic irony where a character may use words which have one meaning to him and a different meaning to the audience or reader.

SITUATIONAL IRONY This is the contrast between what happens and what was expected (or what would seem appropriate). This is the most common form of irony in literature.

Naturalism Determinism REALISM Naturalism Determinism

REALISM Is a “slice of life.” Deals with ordinary people. Discusses social questions and their impact on the individual. Is faithful to characters at the expense of action in the story.

NATURALISM Falls under the Realism umbrella. In the man v. nature conflict, nature ALWAYS wins.

Human behavior is determined by forces outside the person’s power. DETERMINISM Human behavior is determined by forces outside the person’s power. The philosophical doctrine stating that every state of affairs, including every human event, act and decision, is an inevitable consequence. Nature follows exact laws, so what will happen will happen. Diametrically opposed to free will.

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