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   1.   four types of irony :

    situational

    dramatic

    verbal

    cosmic

    2.   deceive (v.) to make (someone) believe something that is not true

    deceptive ( adj.) intended to make someone believe something that is not true

    3.   Irony mimics life

    4.   I can’t define it … but I know it when I see it.

    5.   Julius -> July

    Augustus -> August

    6.   New Character :

    demise (v.)(n.) the end of something that is thought of as being like a death; the passing or transfer of an estate on the

                            death of the owner

    apocalyptic (adj) of, relating to, or involving terrible violence and destruction; of or relating to the end of the world

    assassin (n.) a person who kills someone (such as a famous or important person) usually for political reasons or for

                         money; a person who assassinates someone

     7.                       The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton: Book Trailer

 Edith Wharton ->

alert

observant

make up stories

    8.                           Part of your world - The Little Mermaid

9.     Keeping up with the Joneses

"Keeping up with the Joneses" is an idiom in many parts of the English-speaking

 world referring to the comparison to one's neighbor as a benchmark for social

 caste or the accumulation of material goods.  To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is

 perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority

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