Sarcasm

In the movie "Driving Miss Daisy," sarcasm is used in moments when Hoke expresses his sarcasm towards Miss Daisy's stubbornness and sharp remarks, such as when he responds sarcastically to her refusal to attend a banquet with "Oh sure, I know you was just longing to go." Another example is when Miss Daisy sarcastically tells Hoke to "make yourself at home" when she clearly doesn't want him there.

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An example of using sarcasm: Yeah, you're really going to get an intelligent answer from some anonymous person on the web.

the antonym of sarcasm is "true" the definition of antonym is- the opposite.

so sarcasm is the opposite.

not that hard to figure out.

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According to scientists, people who use sarcasm often are intelligent.

We are not sure if that claim is true or if it is just sarcasm.

Her sarcasm often irks the teachers.

He has difficulty telling the difference between excitement and sarcasm.

No, it's figurative. You could say it sarcastically, if you wanted to suggest that time moves slowly when you're having fun. In either case, of course, time moves at the same pace.

j-o-k-i-n-g?

The sarcastic remark, although untrue, stung because my friends were laughing at me.

His sarcasm way of talking was humorous.

yes you can

Megan Lindsay isn't funny.

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How do you now when a person is being sarcastic? It is when a person laughs first when they are trying to get someone to laugh at someone else's expense. They are showing they are being sarcastic by laughing first at someone instead of laughing last after others start laughing. They are out to make fun of you and not to get you and others to laugh. Also when they do this they try to control you and others around them to keep them from speaking and to put their own views on that person that they are talking about. When someone is actually being funny they laugh last.

That depends on what you think. For myself, I say Diary of a Wimpy kid is OK.

it does suck i watched on the plane going to Alaska it was the worst movie ever so don't watch it

Dramatic irony means that the audience knows something that the characters don't. So, the dramatic irony is that we know something bad is going to happen to Caesar because it's "the tragedy of Julius Caesar" but he doesn't know. Another example is the fact that we know Brutus, his "friend" is planning on killing him, but Caesar doesn't know it yet

He doesn't want to insult all British people, since he has found some of them to be accepting. -APEX

Yes, there is no reason for someone to Yell or use any kind of hurtful sarcastic words towards another person. Obviously the person who is yelling or saying hurtful things to you, does not" feel good" about themself.

Yes, it's a more crude form of verbal irony

Not all Canadians hate sarcasm. Unless it is about Canada. But, my friend loves sarcasm and she is from Canada. It is okay too an extent.

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Canadians take most provocative, metaphorical and ironic statements literally. They can take a simple statement the wrong way. They overanalyze people's behavior and make issues out of any behavior they feel they have the right to approve or disapprove of. I find dinners with Canadians awkward as I cannot be myself and prefer Europeans, the British, Australians and Americans over them. One has to constantly monitor one's language. They are incapable of seeing past their own viewpoints. They make erroneous assumptions that all people must be like them.

And there is an obsession with class that doesn't interest me. My whole life I've heard about the (nonexistent) European class system. Europe is far ahead technologically, gave up on organized religion a long time ago, more accepting of women, more accepting of gays, wealthier and more liberal. They have the best social programs and quality of life. They also know better than to send militaries into Afghanistan and Iraq. Truth is, Europe is looking pretty good in comparison to Canada. And it is much more multicultural without all the protectionist legislation and political correctness about other cultures and immigration in Canada.

People here have a real fear of free speech, intellect, art, etc. I really feel awkward about my natural abilities in the arts, namely painting, poetry and literature. They dislike it because they see it as haughtiness and can't identify with it, even though there is a high rate of literacy here. Makes no sense. And a lot of drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, property damage, garbage, graffiti, sexual assault, theft, etc. here but is still seen as a bastion of positivity and perfection.

My point is that what you are seeing in Canada is the reality that is denied. They can't handle the truth. Try offering advice, constructive criticism, suggestions, opinions and they will be up in arms though believe me, they are the first to gossip, harass, insult, discriminate and make issues out of people. It is the 'Canadian way': to bother people because they are different and then act too good for the same treatment you brough on yourself (though I refuse to lower myself to that level). Many immigrants have told me how they dislike Canada and want to leave. And I don't blame them, really. They'd make more money elsewhere.

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I don't know what social and professional circles my predecessor here frequents, but it's rather hypocritical to paint all Canadians with such a broad stroke. The majority of Canadians I know are nothing like that poster described.

For one thing, our two best TV shows in my opinion would each be less than 5 minutes long if it weren't for sarcasm. I'd say their success indicates a love of sarcasm, wouldn't you?

Comparing multiculturalism here to that in Europe is reckless. We probably had enough "cultures" of our own by 1950 to create an autonomous multicultural community. How many riots have occurred in Canada because of multiculturalism. I don't mean demonstration outside embassies or consulates. I mean violent, destructive riots like those that have occurred in many European countries. How about bombings?

When my son was very young we lived in a big city and it was easy to pick him out in the schoolyard. He was THE kid with the light blond hair. We moved to a town far outside the city and I panicked that first day of school. I had rounded the corner of the building to encounter a sea of light blond heads! I'd never find him again!

Comparing one country to another or one people to another is always a foolish endeavor. Especially when you're talking about a country that spans over 3,000 miles. Toronto, ON is as foreign to someone from Witless Bay, NL as Quebec City is to someone from Regina. You wouldn't be able to say these people are exactly the same, so why say "Canadians don't like this " and "Canadians always do that." It's just not right to generalize. It's not fair either.

Cassius meant that they are falling to Caesar's power.

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People can be wounded and have their feelings hurt by someone speaking sarcastically to them. Sarcasm is saying something cutting or intended to hurt, often using irony to deliver the wound. Irony is word use to say something other than what the words usually stand for, most often meaning the opposite of what the literal meaning of the words is. The tone of the voice and inflection is also often used to underscore the ironic/sarcastic part of the statement.

Example:

A man comes to breakfast after a night of drinking, he looks hung over and is unshaven, wearing the wrinkled clothes he slept in, with hair disheveled, and his eyes are red and squinted from the sunlight.

His wife takes one look at him and says, "Well, now, don't you look just bright and shiny this morning?!"

You say, "sarcasmo: el sarcasmo."

Dickens uses sarcasm to highlight the incompetence and hypocrisy of the Board, thus prompting readers to view them negatively. By ridiculing their actions and decisions, Dickens encourages readers to question the Board's authority and sympathize with the characters affected by their incompetence.