Irony is a primary component of Saukko's essay. Verbal irony is when the intended meaning of words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense. Situational irony is a combination of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of what is expected or considered appropriate. a) Is one or both of these modes of irony at work in Saukko's essay? Determine how irony is used by Saukko to give her process analysis its satirical edge and explain what effect her strategy has on you the reader.

b) Saukko's tongue-in-cheek recipe for ecological damage is presented with mock seriousness to produce an ironic effect. Does the fact that her essay is a put-on indicate to you that she is not serious about or committed to the position taken?

c) What is her objective in terms of the point she wants to impress upon readers? Does she ever state this point outright, or does she leave it to readers to think it out for themselves and draw their own conclusions?

d) Articulate the impact of this essay on your own thinking about the issue under discussion.

i do not know what the passage is but i can give some examples

1. repetitive phrases may be used to create a emphasizing tone

2. pauses in sentences are used to create a dramatic effect but can also be suspenseful

3. using lots of exclamation marks and loud speech such as words in all caps can be creating a excited or possibly angry tone.

4. using lots of questioning phrases my mean that they are in suspicion of something.

5. using lots of questionable statements or questions can imply of a sneeky or sly tone.

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

self-monitoring is in other words holding back your emotions for the better good. usually, people who can't hold their excitement, temper, or any other emotions, need to self-monitor themselves.   lol