Friday 15 April 2016
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.
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1 -Criticism is the act of expressing disapproval and of noting the problems or faults of a person or thing : the act of criticizing someone or something
ReplyDelete2-critical is when something serious is happening , like for instance when oliver is caught by the police or when he he his best friend is dying !
3-caricature can be 2 types of thing : firdt of all: it is a drawing that makes someone look funny or foolish because some part of the person's appearance is exaggerated
Then it can be someone or something that is very exaggerated in a funny or foolish way
An author can uses different ways to caricaturize his characters : he can uses litotes ,hyperboles, irony or describes situation that shows the personnality of the character!
4 - Irony is the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny
And a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected
We can use it in a description , or even in a dialogue on books ! In the reality irony is often uses in situations and jokes
5- humor , derision , burlesque , raillery are synonyms of " irony"
6-litotes is an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary
7 - yes it does : "critique"is an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
A-irony
B-criticism
C-Caricature
D-criticism
E-litotes
1/ criticism: it's a judging of merit of works of art and literature or persons and things in general.
ReplyDelete2/ Critical: It's a person or things who use criticism, judge anything. Example: The painter use so much blue.
3/It's a effect of changing forms or characters of person. The author want provoked humour.
4/Irony: Expression of one's meaning by language of opposite of different tendency. You can use it when you want underline a situation ridiculous.
5/The others words are ironical, ironically and ironist.
6/Litotes: Understatement indented to have the effect of emphasis.
7/Yes it does. It's a analysis of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.
a) Irony.
b) criticism.
c) Caricature.
d)litotes.
e)litotes.
AKERIB Emmanuel.
1: Criticism is the act of expressing disapproval and of noting the problems or faults of a person or thing : the act of criticizing someone or something
ReplyDelete2: A critical is the fact of approving and or of disapproving about of things with right arguments, A gastronomic criticism for example.
3: A caricature is an exagératyion, the author who uses it aims at denouncing an act by the humor, often black
The caricature of a character is to highlight quite its defects
4: Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. We can use it in a dialogue or description.
5: humor, spirit, sarcasm, derision, joke
6: litotes is an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary
7: Yes critique is an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work
a: irony
b: criticism
c: Caricature
d: criticism
e: litotes
1) Criticism is the act of saying something bad to someone or about something, it's like a remark or comment that expresses disapproval things.
ReplyDelete2) A critical moment is when something precarious and serious is happening.
3) Caricature could be a picture, description of something or someone, imitation of a person in which some characteristics are exagered in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. It's a ludicrous or grotesque version of someone or something.
An author can uses it in order to exagered for instance the vision that have some people about others (as on Oliver Twist, Dickens caricature the vision that have some people about poors). Sometimes the author tries to make ridiculous the thing he's caricaturing to show that he disagree.
4) Irony: when you use words to express something different and often of litteral meaning. You say the opposite of something to make people understand the right meaning.
Irony can be used by writers to keep the reader engaged in the text. Moreover we can use irony when we are talking we someone as we said to make understand something right but also to make fun of someone or just be funny.
5) there are many synonyms of irony as: sarcasm, satire, mockery.
6) A litotes is a figure of speech which employs an understatement of using negatives to say positives. For instance : "not to bad" to say "good" or "I'm not as young as I used to be" to say "I'm old". Litotes are used to emphasize something.
7) Yes this word does exist. It's a careful judgement in which you give your opinion about the good and bad parts of something (as a book, an article...)
a- irony
b-criticism
c- caricature
d-criticism
e- Litotes
Valentine Pesce
1) criticm is the act of expressing a more or less thorough analysis of something (it could be almost anything I guess) in order to make a point about its value
ReplyDelete…
I guess ?
2)
a) a thing of high importance :
“charmander uses scratch
critical hit !
foe Bidoof has fainted”
Aaand now you can’t capture him. Not that you’d want a bidoof anyway. What was the topic again ?
b) some weird artificially-bred cannabis sub-specie.
I’m not kidding. This is the top result when you type “critical” in the google search bar (with french settings anyway). The Internet is awesome. (Is this even legal ?)
Don’t do drugs, kids.
c) the adjective refering to something/someone expressing criticism. Also critically more boring than the two earlier meanings imo.
3)
a caricature is a representation of an individual or of a group of individuals or a system, which exagerates one or several of his/its characteristics to the pont of absurdity, in order to highlight the fact that these characteristics are already present and important in this person/these persons/this system, while being funny.
4) irony is the fact of saying exaaactly what you want to express. Nothing implicit AT ALL.
You can sooo rarely use it, and people who will only see first degree in what you say are the BEST people to use irony around.
5) No, I know no other word that would be of the same “family” (except of course the corresponding adjectiv (ironic), adverb (ironically), etc…)
6) A litotes is an understatement using a negative form to implicitely exageratewhat you want to say.
Thus, we can say is it also not the most simple of rhetorical figures.
7) Yes, the word “critique” does exist in English, and refers to either final state of criticism (the review in its fixed, definitive form), or the act of creating such a thing.
I am a bit confused as to what the difference with criticism is, but I guess it is very close anyway.
8)
a) irony
b) criticism
c) caricature
d) criticism (?)
e) litotes
Well, if I were to use one of those in an example, I would say that this subjcet wasn’t easy : )
Did I get all of that right ?
1: Criticism is the act of saying something bad to someone or about something, it's like a remark or comment that expresses disapproval things.
ReplyDelete2: A critical moment is when something precarious and serious is happening.
3: Caricature could be a picture, description of something or someone, imitation of a person in which some characteristics are exagered in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. It's a ludicrous or grotesque version of someone or something. Sometimes the author tries to make ridiculous the thing he's caricaturing to show that he disagree.
4: Irony: when you use words to express something different and often of litteral meaning. You say the opposite of something to make people understand the right meaning.
Irony can be used by writers to keep the reader engaged in the text. Moreover we can use irony when we are talking we someone as we said to make understand something right but also to make fun of someone or just be funny.
5: There are many synonyms of irony as: sarcasm, satire.
6: A litotes is a figure of speech which employs an understatement of using negatives to say positives.
7: Yes this word does exist. It's a careful judgement in which you give your opinion about something good or bad.
8:
a: irony
b: criticism
c: caricature
d: criticism
e: Litotes
1) Criticism is the act of giving your opinion or judgment about the good orbad qualities of something or someone it's most the act of saying that something or someone is bad.
ReplyDelete2) Something Critical is Extremely important or essential, it's a turning point. Like a critical point in the story or in the book.
3)A Caricature is a picture, description, whom exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things , the author use caricature when he wants to kidding about a character it as to be ludicrous
4) Irony is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning especially in order to be funny.
5) The synonyms of Irony are Humor,Sarcasm,Joke,Satire.
6) A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
7) Yes this word exist. A critical evaluation or analysis, especially one dealing with works of art or literature. It's a essay or article criticizing a literary or other work.
a) Irony
b) Criticism
c) Caricature
d) Criticism
e) Litotes
1) Criticism is a judgment against someone is on someone or Something by highlighting the shortcomings and mistakes.
ReplyDelete2) A critical is a judgment on the one hand, but a critical can also be exposing serious danger. For example: the situation is critical.
3) There are two types of caricatures. First, the caricature is a grotesque representation, drawing or painting, obtained by exaggeration and distortion of facial features or body proportions, in a satirical intention. Finally, the caricature is also an infidel and ugly picture or a distorted reproduction of reality.
The aim of the author is to cause while using humor.
4) The irony is a way to make fun by not giving the words their real or full value, or by hearing the opposite of what is said. We can use irony in an embarrassing situation by mocking someone.
5) humor, mockery.
6) The understatement is a figure of speech of weakening the expression of thought to imply more than they say.
7) Yes, the critique is an article literary, philosophical or political.
a) Irony
b) Criticism
c) caricature
d) criticism
e) litote
1) According to me criticism is a critical comment or judgment.In litterature is an act or occupation of analysing and evaluating a literary works musical or dramatic performance.
ReplyDelete2)I think the word "critical" is more pejorative than an other thing because, for example, a gastronomy's critic can decide on the reputation of the restaurant.
3)Caricature is a representation in which the subject's description peculiarities are exaggerated aim to produce a comic or grotesque effect.
4)The irony is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning, with of course humour. We can use the irony in a text to denounce or criticize but to have especially the reader's reaction.
5)Yes, I know some words in the same family of irony.
6)The litote is a figure of speech wich employs double negative statment that confirms a positive idea.
7)Yes, it does. It to judge a works of engineering or spirit.
8)
a)Irony; b)Criticism; c)Caricature; d)Criticism; e)Litote