1. Agenda 9/22 Vocabulary #3 TERM: Verbal Irony “War is Kind” Activity
Homework:
Read “Red Chief” and answer questions. Reading quiz tomorrow.

2. Verbal Irony
When a speaker says one thing, but means the opposite.

3. Verbal
Irony

4. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
The austere woman believed that children should be seen and not heard.
Austere
Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
The austere room had only a single couch and table.

5. Increase; make something greater by adding to it.
Augment
Increase; make something greater by adding to it.
After a losing season, the football team augmented their talent by drafting a star quarterback.

6. Completely dominating another’s will
authoritarian
Completely dominating another’s will
Authoritarian parenting style involves parents telling their children exactly what they can and cannot do.

7. autonomous Self-governing
The autonomous drivers decided that they didn’t need roads, because they had the ability to drive where ever they wanted.

8. aversion
Firm dislike
In order to become a stronger, faster kitty, Super Kitty stuck her paw in cold water as a form of aversion therapy. Now she is impervious to cold.

9. Contradict; give a false impression
belie
Contradict; give a false impression
The elevator’s buttons belied the direction is was set to travel.
The owner belied to his dog Rover. He promised Rover that they would go for a walk, but then they didn’t.

10. benevolent
Generous; charitable

11. bolster Support; reinforce
Try as he might, the boss just couldn’t bolster morale. The creepy clown did nothing to make the employees excited about working.
Meg bought a billow to bolster her back while she sat on the couch.

12. braggart
boaster
Hillary was a true braggart. She showed off her new $3,000 watch to everyone she met.

13. Concise and exact use of word in writing or speech
brevity
Mr. Chicken believed that his saying used excellent brevity. However, Mrs. Chicken then proved him wrong.
The Geico add used brevity to prove that it’s 15% savings was a great selling point.

14. cajole
Coax; wheedle
Smooty the Alien tried to use treats to cajole his alien dog Jabber into completing tricks.

15. Deliberately planned; likely
calculated
Deliberately planned; likely
Harold the Mouse had carefully calculated a way to steal the cheese.

16. Frankness; open honesty
candor
Frankness; open honesty

17. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
Capricious
Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
Fancy Kitty should have been at work, but due to his capricious nature, he went to a spa instead.

18. Severely critical of others
censorious
Severely critical of others
Triston felt as thought his girlfriend was censorious. She wouldn’t let him talk about the importance of clean socks.

19. Blame; criticize; an expression of formal disapproval
Censure
The radio station had to censure the lyrics of the new song, because of its illicit language.

20. Use of force to get someone to obey
coercion
Use of force to get someone to obey
The mother used coercion to get her kids to complete their chores. If they wanted wifi, they would follow the rules.
2. Using a hot hair drying, the bunny coerced the snow people into giving up their carrot noses.

21. commemorate Honor the memory of
The students commemorated the holocaust victims with a moment of silence.

22. Assemble; gather; accumulate
compile
Assemble; gather; accumulate
As Little Kitty’s farts compiled in the room, the air became more and more dangerous to breath.

23. Self-satisfaction; smugness
complacency
Self-satisfaction; smugness
The Gazelle’s complacency that she was faster than the lioness resulted in a very unhappy ending.

24. STANZA 1 Complete the following:
Write a translation for each line. The translation should be written beneath the line it translates.
Circle where verbal irony occurs. Then, to the side, explain how it is verbal irony.
Circle where personification occurs. Then, to the side explain what the personification means.
To the side, write SPES paragraph to explain what is the author is saying through verbal irony?
On the paper, draw an image that references the stanza.

25. Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind,
Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky
And the affrighted steed ran on alone,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

26. STANZA 2 Complete the following:
Write a translation for each line. The translation should be written beneath the line it translates.
Circle where verbal irony occurs. Then, to the side, explain how it is verbal irony.
Circle where metaphor occurs. Then, to the side explain what the metaphor means.
To the side, write SPES paragraph to explain what is the author is saying through verbal irony?
On the paper, draw an image that references the stanza.

27. Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment,
Little souls who thirst for fight,
These men were born to drill and die.
The unexplained glory flies above them.
Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom--
A field where a thousand corpses lie.

28. STANZA 3 Complete the following:
Write a translation for each line. The translation should be written beneath the line it translates.
Circle where verbal irony occurs. Then, to the side, explain how it is verbal irony.
Circle where color symbolism occurs. Then, to the side explain what the color symbolism means.
To the side, write SPES paragraph to explain what is the author is saying through verbal irony?
On the paper, draw an image that references the stanza.

29. Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.
Because your father tumbles in the yellow trenches,
Raged at his breast, gulped and died,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

30. STANZA 4 Complete the following:
Write a translation for each line. The translation should be written beneath the line it translates.
Circle where verbal irony occurs. Then, to the side, explain how it is verbal irony.
Circle where color symbolism occurs. Then, to the side explain what the color symbolism means.
To the side, write SPES paragraph to explain what is the author is saying through verbal irony?
On the paper, draw an image that references the stanza.

31. Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.

32. STANZA 5 Complete the following:
Write a translation for each line. The translation should be written beneath the line it translates.
Circle where verbal irony occurs. Then, to the side, explain how it is verbal irony.
Circle where color simile occurs. Then, to the side explain what the simile means.
To the side, write SPES paragraph to explain what is the author is saying through verbal irony?
On the paper, draw an image that references the stanza.

33. Mother whose heart hung humble as a button
On the bright splendid shroud of your son,
Do not weep.
War is kind!