The television program was suddenly interrupted for a news bulletin. It wasn't clear
at first as to what the bulletin was about,
since the announcer, like all announcers, had
a serious speech impediment.
What is the purpose behind the author's use of
irony in this passage?
o To emphasize the importance of conformity
To develop an ideal utopian setting
O To create satire by exaggerating reality
-"Harrison Bergeron,
Kurt Vonnegut

In the play "sorry wrong number"which part of the story can you find heightened tension and suspense?

Question 5 the poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in this practice. yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “tho' the morning was cold, tom was happy and warm / so if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” this is an ironic expression of the narrator’s

“simile” by n. scott momaday what did we say to each other that now we are as the deer who walk in single file with heads high with ears forward with eyes watchful with hooves always placed on firm ground in whose limbs there is latent flight source: momaday, n. scott. “simile.” the language of literature. new york: mcdougal littell, 2006. 265. print. which of the following techniques does this poem use? i. simile ii. sensory imagery iii. allusion i and ii i and iii ii and iii i only