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![]() Sarcasm Sarcasm is the caustic use of words, often in a humorous way, to mock someone or something. Sarcasm may employ ambivalence, although it is not necessarily ironic. Most noticeable in spoken word, sarcasm is mainly distinguished by the inflection with which it is spoken or, with an undercurrent of irony, by the extreme disproportion of the comment to the situation, and is largely context-dependent. - Wikipedia Example (Clearly a rainy, horrible day) Person 1: It sure is lovely weather today! The person is saying, in a 'sarcastic' tone, that the weather is lovely, when they really mean that the weather is terrible. The best use of sarcasm I've seen is in "The Simpsons", an American cartoon situational comedy. Homer frequently uses sarcasm to humourously disagree with the person he is speaking to. Example Notes Sarcasm borderlines on the use of dark comedy, where it is intended to make the recipient look silly for approaching a subject where the person making the sarcastic joke would disagree. Further It should be noted that Homer is depicted as a bit dull, so the brilliance of Homer in this clip is the tremendous sarcasm he displays, insinuating Marge's obliviousness to how Homer feels in the situation. This then becomes irony as well as the sarcasm is then furthered when he states he is being sarcastic, (obviously displaying knowledge of how to perform sarcasm), revealing a hidden depth to the character of Homer. Difficulty Level: 1-2 stars Sarcasm is easy, because it effectively requires rejecting the premise of the speaker. Great sarcasm does require an immense forethought, as above in the sketch with Homer and Marge. |
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