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GCSE English Literature · key term
The use of mocking language to criticise someone, often by appearing to praise them.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Language that appears to praise something but implies criticism or ridicule.
Language that appears to praise someone but is intended to expose or ridicule their faults.
Mocking language, often expressing criticism through apparent praise.
Part (b): Attribute “the wonderful Fairy Prince” to Sheila, not Gerald. Explain how her sarcasm challenges his account of himself.
Part (b): Distinguish a character’s explanation from Priestley’s presentation. Gerald calls the affair inevitable, but Sheila’s sarcasm encourages the audience to question that claim.
Attribute “the wonderful Fairy Prince” to Sheila, not Gerald, and analyse her sarcasm.
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The use of a mocking tone to expose or criticise someone, often by appearing to praise them.
A sharp or mocking use of language that expresses the opposite of its apparent meaning.
A mocking or cutting use of language, often saying something different from what the speaker means.
Language whose intended meaning differs from its literal meaning, often used sharply to criticise or mock.
Paper 1
A sharp or mocking remark that expresses criticism, often by saying the opposite of what the speaker means.
Revise: Key quotationsAfter the family discovers that Goole is not a police inspector, Sheila says in Act 3, “I suppose we’re all nice people now.” Her sarcasm exposes the flaw in their relief. Avoiding an official inquiry does not undo their actions.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Words that express a meaning opposed to their surface meaning, often to expose foolishness or hypocrisy.
A cutting or mocking way of speaking, often using irony to criticise someone.
A mocking way of speaking in which apparent praise or agreement expresses criticism.
Language that mocks or criticises by expressing something different from, often opposite to, what the speaker means.
Using words mockingly to expose or criticise someone’s behaviour or claims.
Language whose intended meaning challenges or mocks its apparent meaning.
Component 1, Component 2
Revise: Social statusSurely, a princely testimony’. Here ‘counties’ means counts. Her sarcasm turns the language of rank into an accusation: testimony is hardly noble merely because noblemen give it.
The use of an apparently approving statement to express criticism or ridicule.
Mocking or cutting language that often expresses the opposite of its literal meaning.
A sharp, mocking way of speaking, often using apparently complimentary words to express criticism.
Language that expresses criticism or mockery by saying something different from, or opposite to, what the speaker means.
Language that appears to say one thing while mockingly implying another.
Language that appears to praise or approve but conveys criticism or mockery.
