Would you be able to tell us what is criticism ? caricature ? irony ? litotes ?
1) Define criticism .
2) Which meaning would you give to the word « critical » ? (try to use
examples)
3) What is a caricature ? What is an author ‘s aim when he/she uses it ?
4) Define irony . Where can we use it ?
5) Do you kow any other words from the same family ?
6) what is litotes ?
7) Does the word « critique » exists in English ?
Say what you know about it !
Now make sure you got it right !
Read examples a, b, c and d , and say which one deals with irony ,
caricature , litotes or criticism
(one of these is repeated !).
a) For a man who hated war, he would have made a superb war cameraman.
b) This article points to the main aspects of the work, it is an enlightened analysis
which shows the various literary devices used by the writer to create suspence.
c) The small man with a little moustache ( who reprensents Hitler) dances in his
office trying to play with a big baloon that looks very much like our planet . (scene
from Charlie Chaplin’s movie« The Great Dictator »)
d) The violation of human rights is simply unacceptable.
e) She is not as young as she was.
