Sentences with phrase «concept of irony»

A single lesson to introduce the concept of irony to KS4 readers — includes Situational, Verbal and Dramatic irony.

I will always remember the day I discovered the concept of irony — not the word; that would come much later.

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Also, the original post was a cartoon envisioning the words / concepts represented by the Jesus figure, against the background of the Syrian refugees ---- what are your thoughts on the irony, applicability, and / or actions advocated by the Followers of Jesus (past tense) with the Followers of Jesus (present tense).

Mankind lies on its knees before the opposite of that which was the origin, the meaning, the right of the evangel; in the concept of «church» it has pronounced holy precisely what the «bringer of the glad tidings» felt to be beneath and behind himself — one would look in vain for a greater example of world - historical irony.

Challenge us and ask us about the differences between Yahwistic vs. Elohimistic traditions in Old Testament canon), but this shows the tragedy — or perhaps the irony — of faith: in America, if not elsewhere, the concept of faith is kept at such a simplistic level that most people just plain «believe» without having any form of knowledge (in spite of the Bible stating, «Where is the wise man?

Thus, with an extreme irony, and an arrogant inconsistency, an exaggerated version of «gay rights» is being used against the right to religious freedom - a concept that lies at the very heart of any coherent concept of rights at all.

So I find some irony in your attempt to «school» me in the concept of infinity and can't take anything you say seriously.

I have one small suggestion for those that can not grasp the concept of sarcasm, irony and satire... Read something else.

Sadly, the concept of «Irony» doesn't really exist as we know it in the Japanese language).

It's as if the film is trying too hard to sell its dramatic kick, and the harder it tries, as irony would have it, the harder it is to get a grip on the weight of a dramatic narrative concept that feels a tad thin, what with all of the fluff that is consistent in cheese, yet not even consistent in tone.

There's irony there, somewhere, in saying this about a horror movie that's essentially about the concept of a Jungian Shadow.

The great shame and irony of Antitrust is that after all the high concept — the creative use of sesame seeds, the Citizen Kane-esque skewering of a media tycoon, the constant reiterations of the hero's intelligence — the film remains a conventional addition to the thriller genre that is slightly better than it should be because of its audacious goofiness, but far worse than it could have been because of its failure to be goofier.

It's funny what language can do, the unintended irony behind words and concepts and colors that were likely never part of any authorial intent.

The latest in the trend of board games movies, Ouija is something that one might call «high - concept» only in irony - because like Battleship before it, this film proves to be anything but.

«Editorial cartoons cover a lot of high - level concepts: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, satire, irony — things that are harder to convey in text,» Peg Cagle told Education World.

The irony being that those same legislators voted for many of those same proposals and concepts when they were previously introduced by Governor Malloy.

One of the ironies of voucher legislation is that many lawmakers who support the concept prefer to be assured that this supposed opportunity for students will not impact their communities and the students and schools in them.

Ungureanu's work explores the concepts of power, politics, history, identity and death through irony and humour.

While some works probe the notion of racial and social difference in a candid manner, others evoke universal concepts and emotions using a sophisticated blend of visual beauty, humor, and irony.

In the history of Modernism, the concept of the «spiritual» as employed in Malevich's Suprematism has been more or less displaced by irony, as suggested in works by Ed Ruscha, Steven Parrino, Charles Ray, John Baldessari, and Banks Violette.

Artist Christodoulos Panayiotou presented a new version of his lecture - reading, exploring the hierarchical order of literal, metaphorical and symbolic deaths on the stage, as well as the philological concept of «tragic irony», through readings, videos and dance.

There is a conceptual expansion of concepts in which humour, irony and play are elements that seem to characterize the works.