For this task watch the video from the link below:
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-verbal-irony-christopher-warner
Then
Write 10 keywords related to the article. Next to each word, write the part of speech (adjective, verb, noun, adverb, preposition, etc). Also, write 10 sentences using the words of your choice.
And answer this question with your personal opinion:
When is verbal irony useful? Is it ever harmful?
Post all parts of the task as a comment.
Due date: February 14th
Keywords
ResponderBorrar•Attitude (Noun):
•Opposite (Noun)
•Speaker (Noun)
•Sarcasm (Adjective)
•Authentic (adverb)
•Ironic (Adjective)
•Intention (Noun)
•Definition (Noun)
•Tone (Noun)
•Means (Verb)
•Compliments (Noun)
Ten Sentences
•Attitude (Noun): people have a positive or negative attitude according to the situation they face at a certain time.
•Opposite (Noun): It is to say something opposite to the situation.
•Speaker (Noun): It is the person doing a presentation or is currently speaking.
•Sarcasm (Adjective): It is a mockery for an individual and it means to show an upset or inconvenient.
•Authentic (adverb): It is something that is accepted as true
•Ironic (Adjective): Saying something and understand otherwise.
•Intention (Noun): The intentions that a person has to say something and so know its meaning.
•Definition (Noun): When someone defines the meaning of their words or wants to express something specific.
•Tone (Noun): It can be a strong or soft tone that someone uses to express something.
•Means (Verb): It is the meaning that is given to words.
•Compliments (Noun): It is an action that shows courtesy and respect. Compliments can be used to motivate or degrade a person by their actions.
When is verbal irony useful?
In my opinion, Verbal Irony can be useful when it is used to mean a situation that may be uncomfortable.
For example,
•We tell a partner who has to work better and be more efficient in his/her work.
•Also, when we express a situation that bothers or displeases us and we want to express
•In companies can use to provide feedback to employees who have not had good results.
•When we buy a product and do not receive a good customer and we want to complain.
Is it ever harmful?
Verbal Irony can be harmful when it comes to damage the image of a person for a specific situation. When people don’t know the limits to use and not use verbal irony.
Finally, people should study the situation to determine whether it is convenient or inconvenient to use verbal irony.
-10 keywords
ResponderBorrar1) Irony (adjective)
2) Awesome (adjective)
3) Compliments (noun)
4) Attitude (noun)
5) Tone (noun)
6) Attacking (adjective)
7) Mean (verb)
8) Opposite (adverb)
9) Speaker (noun)
10) Sarcastic (adjective)
-10 sentences
1) This men speak with irony.
2) This work is awesome.
3) This compliments are the best.
4) Your attitude is really bad.
5) The tone of your voice is the worst.
6) You have a attacking tone of voice.
7) I don't know what you mean.
8) She was sitting almost opposite.
9) The speaker have a great attitude.
10) Your voice is sarcastic.
-When is verbal irony useful?
this is useful when you are with friends, I think the "verbal irony" is only useful in informal cases, for example if you want to make a joke about a specific situation.
-Is it ever harmful?
this could be harmful if you don't have self control when you are speaking, every person is different, so you don't know the reaction of the other person.
Keywords and sentences:
ResponderBorrar1. Compliments (noun): He sends you his compliments.
2. Attitude (noun): Intention and attitude make a big difference in any situation.
3. Tone (noun): Tell her to lower the tone of the conversation.
4. Irony (noun): "Don't go overboard with the gratitute", he rejoined with heavy irony.
5. Opposite (adjective): A crowd gathered on the opposite side of the street.
6. Sarcasm (noun): His voice, hardened by sarcasm, couldn't hide his resentment.
7. Harsh (adjective): A time of harsh military discipline.
8. Intention (noun): She was full of good intentions.
9. Mockery (noun): Stung by her mockery, Peter hung his head.
10. Beware (verb): Consumers were warned to beware of faulty packaging.
When is verbal irony useful?
The irony is useful when you talk to a close person, a trusted person who understands you despite of you don't say what you mean. In other words, when that person knows your double meaning.
Is it ever harmful?
Like the video shows, it mostly depends on the attitude and tone that you use when speaking. It could be a mockery tool or just like a friendly joke.
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ResponderBorrarKeywords
ResponderBorrarOpposite (adjective)
Compliments (noun)
Irony (noun)
Sarcasm (noun)
Meant (verb)
Mockering (verb)
Attitude (noun)
Tone (noun)
Speaker (noun)
Intention (noun)
Sentences
Sometimes you have to say the opposite of what you think in order to obtain something
If you love someone you say some compliments
Verbal irony is when people say the opposite of what they mean
You use sarcasm when
When you meant the opposite of what you said
She is mockering of him
All depend with attitude of the person
He use a different tone of voice
The speaker is sarcastic
You do that with some intention. Right?
When is verbal irony useful?
I think this is useful when you don’t want to hurt someone and also sometimes we use that to make jokes.
Is it ever harmful?
It could be harmful if you use to say lies to other people because may be you could hurt the feelings of the others or may be it could provoke misunderstandings with others.
1. Tone (noun): The tone of my voice is loud.
ResponderBorrar2. Attitude (noun): Your attitude is correct.
3. Opposite (noun): Good is opposite of bad
4. Sarcasm (noun): Your sarcasm reflects your true opinion
5. Mockery (noun): Mockery is awful
6. Irony (noun): Your irony produces bad things
7. Speaker (noun): The speaker does really well the speech.
8. Awesome (adjective) : My mother is awesome
9. Voice (noun) : My voice is affected by flu.
10.
Verbal irony is useful when we speak with friends or something that you know well.
ResponderBorrarYes, it is harmful because you can hurt feelings to other people. It is depends on the situation that you use it.
Keywords:
ResponderBorrar1. Irony (noun): He felt the irony of the situation, but did not dare to take it up.
2. Tone (noun): That man speaks with a rude tone.
3. Opposite (adjective): Their houses are at opposite ends of the street.
4. Sarcastic (adjective): She always speaks in a sarcastic way.
5. Mean (verb): I don’t understand what you mean.
6. Awesome (adjective): The new car of Toyota is totally awesome!
7. Intention (noun): My intention was help you.
8. Mockery (noun): It was a mockery for me!
9. Definition (noun): We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
10. Attitude (noun): He has a negative attitude about himself.
When is verbal irony useful? Is it ever harmful?
I think that the verbal irony is useful when we are speaking with friends, for example say something with sarcasm as a joke. Therefore, in my opinion we should use it only in an informal way because if we use it when we are talking in a formal way, the other person could take it as disrespect, so it could be harmful.
10 Keywords)
ResponderBorrar1. Tremendous (adjective)
2. Athlete (noun)
3. Attitude (noun)
4.Though (conjunction)
5. Mocking (adjective)
6. Awesome (adjective)
7. Weather (noun)
8. Singing (verb)
9. Ragging (adjective)
10. Horrible (adjective)
10 Sentences)
1. My sons are tremendous, I can barely survive.
2. I am training hard to become the best athlete in the World.
3. Allan has trouble learning, but he has the right attitude.
4. I'm going to the beach, though Alex told me it's raining.
5. They're using a mocking tone, because they are jealous.
6. Children are remarkably adept at learning new verbal information.
7. We have such a great weather tonight.
8. My uncle Tom spent hours singing in the bathroom.
9. When the storm is raging all around me
10. Yesterday I faced a horrible headache.
When is verbal irony useful? Is it ever harmful?)
I think that the verbal irony is actually not useful, because there are better ways to face unexpected and awful situations, And indeed it may be harmful, specially when it't sarcasm because it's usually intended to bother other people.
Keywords:
ResponderBorrar1. Sarcasm (noun)
2. Opposite (adj)
3. Compliments (noun)
4. Attitude (Noun)
5. Tone (noun)
6. Awesome (adj)
7. Speaker (noun)
8. Mockery (Noun)
9. Sincelery (Adverb)
10. Irony (noun)
Sentences:
1. The people shouldn't speak with sarcasm.
2. When the people say the opposite that they feel it's sarcasm
3. The compliments are one of the best way to make someone feel good.
4. Try to have a good attitude in whatever situation.
5. You should use the correct tone of voice when you say something to someone.
6. Make all your days be awesome
7. The speaker always talks with Irony
8. The mockerys are very annoying.
9. Always talk sincelery to everyone
10. Don't use the irony because you can make someone feel sad.
When is verbal irony useful?
It's useful when something isn't what we mean. For example, in the video the speakers says: " It's a great day", but it isn't.
Is it ever harmful?
No, no always, but we can lose friends, jobs or family if we always talk with irony. Because if we stay in a group of friends and I say something with Irony to someone, that person can feel very bad.
Keywords and Sentences
ResponderBorrar1- Compliment (noun): You should be careful about compliments; there are sensitive people that can misunderstand them.
2- Awesome (adjective): Yesterday’s movie was awesome, it was worth going to the cinema at midnight.
3- Attitude (noun): Some new researches conclude that an optimistic attitude has a positive effect in cancer patient’s treatment.
4- Mean (verb): If you constantly have headaches, it means you have to see a doctor; it could be migraine.
5- Say (verb): My grandma used to say: happiness is the real success in life, no money or material thing can replace it.
6- Opposite (adjective): My nephew hadn’t understood what antonyms were until I explained him they are the opposite of other words; fortunately this was before his exam.
7- Sarcasm (noun): Sarcasm is very useful when you want to give a negative opinion indirectly.
8- Tone (noun): Speaking is more than an exchange of words, even your voice tone is an indicator of how you’re feeling.
9- Ironic (adjective): Nothing is perfect, Mother Nature make mistakes too; so ironic, isn’t it?
10- Intention (noun): I had the intention to fix your cellphone, but the problem was worse than I thought.
When is verbal irony useful? Is it harmful?
It is useful when we want to express frustration about something or when we cannot say a negative comment to someone directly. Of course it is harmful for some people, because there could be someone sensitive or a person that misunderstand the meaning of what we are saying.
10 keywords:
ResponderBorrar1) opposite(noun)
2)sarcasm(noun)
3)mockery(noun)
4)mean(verb)
5)tone(noun)
6)intention(noun)
7)attitude(noun)
8)fun(noun)
9)compliments(noun)
10)harsh(adjective)
Sentences:
1)I tried to explain the situation to the teacher but she undertood the opposite.
2)I hate when people talk with sarcasm.
3)You can be critical without resorting to mockery.
4)What does this sentence mean?
5)My partner was talking to the class with a funny tone
6)My intention is to pass the course.
7) I started this year with the best attitude.
8)I found a lot of fun in the party.
9)I received a lot of compliments because of the grade of my exam.
10)She was very harsh with her children.
When is verbal irony useful?Is it ever harmful?
I think verbal irony is useful when you are trying to say something without being rudeor maybe when you are with friends and you try to say something funny. It can be harmful if you use it very frequently to bother other people and it can be possible that when you are saying the truth no one is going to believe you.
Keywords
ResponderBorrarSarcasm (noun)
Attitude (noun)
opposite (noun)
Irony (noun)
Said (verb)
Complements (noun)
Awesome (adjective)
Speaker (noun)
Mochery (noun)
Probably (noun)
Sarcasm: I think he told me a sarcasm but I`m too sure
Attitude: You have a bad attitude with your family
Opposite: The opposite of black is white
Irony: Is an irony that I be here with this people
Said: He has said the opposite that really he said.
Compliments: It is a compliment, or maybe not.
Awesome: The party was awesome
Speaker The speaker didn`t say the true
Mockery: These student suffer bullying, his classmates do him mockeries
Probably: He probably means that the weather is horrible
Personally, I think verbal irony is not useful, because depending of the situations can cause differences and other kind of communication brake down. However, if we are with a close person is a good way to make the conversation more entertaining.
No, it isn`t ever harmful, just depend who are you talking with, if it added whit a sarcasm, and a mockery, might be harmful
ResponderBorraractitude Noun
irony Noun
shining Adjective
horrible Adjective
speaker Noun
sarcasm Noun
job Noun
weather Noun
meaning Noun
awesome adverb
The people in all the companies need the best actitude to make your work.
The best way to insult is with irony.
I saw a shining star in the beach.
Last night I had a horrible nightmare.
I want to be an English speaker.
My brother teach me to use sarcasm.
I need a new job inmediadly.
Nowadays, the weather is constantly change.
I don´t understand the meaning of his words.
This country is awesome.
The verbal irony is useful when people discuss different points of view. Also, when someone wants to be funny.
Maybe, irony can be harmful, because in a direct or indirect way can degree the person´s esteem.
Keywords:
ResponderBorrarCompliments (Noun)
Tone (Noun)
Mean (Verb)
Speaker (Noun)
Sarcasm (Noun)
Opposite (Noun)
Said (Verb)
Ironic (Adj)
Intention (Noun)
Attitude (Noun)
Sentences:
The boss have good compliments about the job of Raquel.
The tone with Daniel said this things was rude.
The words of the books means are reflect the people.
The speaker said the rules of the game.
The small girl always said jokes with sarcasm.
My sister is the opposite of me.
I said some comments about this song.
Its ironic to visit at maria when you hate her.
The intention of this man is help you with your grades.
Your attitude about the course is bad.
When is verbal irony useful? Is it ever harmful?
I thing the verbal irony is very useful when you are not confortable with some topic or attitude of some person and you want to note your oposite point of view. harmful? I thing maybe because some people can be annoy with heard your tone, we have to know where to use it.
Weather - Noun : What a great wether today.
ResponderBorrarJob –noun: I love my job because I help a lot of people.
Really- adverb: Their story is really true.
Attitude-noun: Your attitude is very important for getting your goals.
Irony - noun: He included irony in his speech.
Mean – verb: I don´t know what she means.
Opposite - adjective: He is the opposite of him
Sarcasm- noun: I really hate sarcasm
Speaker – noun: The speaker must have a good voice.
Awesome- adjective: That trip was awesome... I really enjoyed it.
R/ I don´t like using verbal irony. I fell like a negative and perfect person. So, verbal irony is not useful anytime, It could offend to someone. I prefer looking for solutions.
Awesome ( adjetive): It is an awesome sunny day.
ResponderBorrarIrony (noun): he was talking about my new job with irony
Attitude (noun): her attitude about the problem was killing me
Tremendous (adjetive): The city town has a tremendous monuments
Compliments (noun): Tom told her the best love compliments
Horrible (adjective): The car accident was horrible
Opposite (noun): I chose the opposite face of the coin
Mockery (noun): his mockery was crossing the respect line
Tone (noun): Your tone on voice is too loud
When is verbal irony useful?
-When you want to express double meaning for an action.
-When informal meetings to say sarcastic expression.
-When you want to say the opposite of the real meaning
Is it ever harmful?
Yes, it could be. It depends of the person who is speaking with you, it usually applies for friendly cases or close friend. The person who you meet with could feel affected emotionally or hurt someone feelings.
Ten words related to the article
ResponderBorrar1. Irony (noun)
2. Sarcasm (noun)
3. Awesome (adjective)
4. Attititude (noun)
5. Verbal (adjective)
6. Opposite (adjective)
7. Meaning (noun)
8. Speaker (noun)
9. Tone (noun)
10. Compliments (noun)
Sentences
11. He always use irony when is angry
12. There are some people that do no understand sarcasm
13. I went to Mexico two years ago and national airport is awesome
14. To face some things in our live, we must change our attitude
15. The face expressions and the verbal expressions are important to comunícate with others.
16. Sometimes when people use sarcasm want to say the opposite
17. The meaning of a sentence can change depending of the voice tone
18. Sometimes the speaker uses irony to say bad things about one theme
19. The tone can define the objective of one sentence
20. There is some men that have very funny compliments and others are not funny at all.
When is verbal irony useful? Is it ever harmful?
The verbal irony for me is not good never, because change the context of a sentence o the theme very easyly, and we have to understand, the when we are sharing with people of other cultures, religions and temperaments, and some people can not understand and can be angry or offended, that is why i think that people must speak directly, without using that type of expressions, of course when we are with friends and confidence people use some irony or sarcasm can be fun depending of the situation, but not all the time because we never will go to take a person that use that kind of speech in a serious way, and is going to be like a clown that never say nothing honest.
keywords:
ResponderBorrarAttitude(noun)
Weather(noun)
Sarcasm(noun)
Tone(noun)
Compliments(noun)
opposite(adj)
Awesome(adj)
Mockery(noun)
Athletic(adj)
championship(noun)
Sentences:
Your attitude defines the person you are!!
I feel tomorrow will have a very well weather
She told me that he laugh with sarcasm
Your tones of voice are very ridiculous
She makes me a compliment
It is the opposite that I thought
My best friend is awesome in sport
When he explain the mysterious, his neighbors did some mockery
I’m the most athletic man in the world
I saw the championship on my television
When is verbal irony useful?
When you need to express that you feel the opposite that is happening right now. All the time it is related to a bad think.
Is it ever harmful?
well not exactly, because you can difference between something it's happening or the context you are talking about.