The reading list has been shortened to four short stories. There are links on Ms. Shafer's website, or you can just click the story titles here to read all of them except the first one, which is not public domain, and hence is not available free online (which is why you must read it from our Outlooks literature book instead).
Irony (Read ALL the following):
1. “The 51st Dragon” by Heywood Broun (This one is in our literature book.)
2. “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathanial Hawthorne
3. “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift
4. “The Gift Of The Magi” by O. Henry
We will go over this in class, but here are basic definitions for the 3 main types of irony:
Verbal Irony: what is said is not what is meant
example: sarcasm
Situational Irony: what happens is not what is expected
example: you look all over for an assignment, re-do the thing, and then your mom finds it in the kitchen
Dramatic Irony: the reader or audience member knows more than the character does
example: you know the monster is waiting in the cellar but the protagonist walking down the stairs doesn't
