Reading Art and the art of reading

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Reading Artand the art of reading
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

• (Elements of the Short Story)

EQ How can I recognize irony? ELA9RL1.a
Fiction Locates and analyzes such elements in
fiction as irony.
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Isnt it ironic?
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Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter,
Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfolk, Virginia.
What incongruity do you see in this photograph?
How did you come to that conclusion?
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Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter,
Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfolk, Virginia.
Irony When something occurs that seems different
from what is expected, we have irony.
What would we expect of a sharpshooter? What
has actually happened to this sharpshooter?