English 8 M.E 3rd

• Situational irony is when an unexpected result doesn't happen, and its opposite happens instead
• Parallel grammatical structures include verbs like 'to bond, to hold, to visit, to eat, to look'
• Transition words and phrases like 'first, second, another is, finally, indeed' help in structuring writing effectively
• Dramatic irony occurs when the audience is more knowledgeable about what's happening in the story than the characters
• Steps for delivering an entertainment speech:

  • Prepare
  • Adjust to the occasion
  • Consider your audience
  • Be aware of the time
• Ways to conclude a speech include:

  • Posing a question
  • Using a quotation
  • Using an anecdote or story
  • Challenging the reader
  • Providing a call to action
  • Ending with a warning
  • Combining 2 or more of these ways
• A magistrate is a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law
• Colleagues are people with whom one works in a profession or business
• Comatose refers to a state of deep unconsciousness for a prolonged or indefinite period
• Minced means to cut up or ground into very small pieces
• Midday refers to the middle of the day; noon
• Subaltern refers to a lower status
• Munching means to eat with a continuous and often audible action of the jaws
• Perceptive means having or showing sensitive insight
• Creased means marked by wrinkles
• Denizen is an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place
• Solace means comfort or consolation in a time of sadness
• Pitfalls are hidden or unsuspected dangers or difficulties
• Tributaries are rivers or streams flowing into a larger river or lake
• To implore is to beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something
• A willow is a tree or shrub of temperate climates that typically has narrow leaves and grows near water
• In the story 'The Man Who Became a Fish', Li fu Yen is the central character
• In the story 'The Man Who Became a Fish':

  • Shay is a section chief, over 30
  • Tsou is the chief magistrate
  • Lei and Pei are vice magistrates