Prompt:  Write a response to literature essay explaining O’Henry’s use of irony and how it changes the readers’ predictions throughout the story.  Give examples of O’Henry’s use of situational irony from the beginning, middle, and end of the story and why these examples are ironic.

Body paragraph #2 (middle of the story)

Topic sentence  (support the thesis statement and give the reader an idea of what this paragraph is going to be about. Use transition words to indicate when the events occur and to differentiate the two body paragraphs – first half and second half of the story)

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CD (For example, O’Henry misleads / tricks / deceives the reader / uses irony…)

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CM (This leads the reader to assume… This reveals… The reader begins to discover that… This implies…) Write 2-3 sentences

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CD (Another example of deception / trickery / irony is…)
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CM (This causes the audience / the reader to... This reveals… The reader begins to discover that… This implies…) Write 2-3 sentences) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________