An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Example:
A friend trips while going up the stairs; you begin laughing hysterically, which in turn makes you trip as well.
Renee was elated when they handed her the first-place spelling bee plaque, but she frowned when she discovered they'd misspelled a word on the plaque.
You purchase a watch for your mom's birthday, and then discover she just purchased the same watch for herself online.
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Situational Irony in Robinson Crusoe
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Examples:
Crusoe wants freedom, so he leaves his parents' house, but then he's forced to be a slave to a ship captain.
After the shipwreck, Crusoe realizes that if the crew had stayed on the ship instead of fleeing on lifeboats, they would have all been saved.
Crusoe purchases a sugar cane plantation and lives the life he told his father that he didn't want to live.
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What story event best shows Crusoe as a likeable character?
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Crusoe feels sorry for the kid goat after he kills its mother.
Crusoe refers to the ship's dog as his constant companion and friend.
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What story event best shows Crusoe as an unlikeable character?
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Crusoe travels to Guinea with plans to purchase people as slaves.
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Read the following passage from Robinson Crusoe in which Crusoe describes his father:
[Y]et he would venture to say to me that if I did take this foolish step, God would not bless me, and I would have leisure, hereafter, to reflect upon having neglected his counsel, when there might be none to assist in my recovery.
What event from the story does this passage most likely foreshadow?
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Crusoe getting shipwrecked on a deserted island
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Read the following passage from Robinson Crusoe:
However, he afterwards talked very gravely to me; exhorted me to go back to my father, and not tempt Providence to my ruin; told me I might see a visible hand of Heaven against me: "And young man," said he, "depend upon it, if you do not go back, wherever you go you will meet with nothing but disasters and disappointments till your Father's words are fulfilled upon you."
What event from the story does this passage most likely foreshadow?
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Crusoe's questioning of God's punishment and his anger over it
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Read the following passage from Robinson Crusoe:
[B]ut I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea: and my inclination to this led me so strongly against the will, nay, the commands of my father, and against all the entreaties and persuasions of my mother and other friends, that there seemed to be something fatal in that propension of nature, tending directly to the life of misery which was to befal me.
What event from the story does this passage most likely foreshadow?
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Crusoe becoming a slave to the Turkish shipmaster
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Which part of Robinson Crusoe best demonstrates how Crusoe is resourceful?
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When Crusoe escapes from the Turkish shipmaster.
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Which part of Robinson Crusoe best demonstrates how Crusoe is materialistic?
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When he discovers the gold pieces in the shipwreck, he takes them, even though they have no worth on the island.
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Which part of Robinson Crusoe best demonstrates how Crusoe is orderly?
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He makes a schedule to follow each day on the island.
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Which would most likely be considered a negative attribute in the 17th century, based on Robinson Crusoe?
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Not listening to parental advice
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Which 17th-century values are most clearly shown in Robinson Crusoe?
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Being grateful, which is shown by Crusoe thanking God for his survival
Being religious, which is shown by Crusoe constantly pondering God's punishment
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Which lines from Robinson Crusoe best support the theme of gratitude?
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Evil. I am cast upon a horrible desolate Island, void of all hope of recovery. Good. But I am alive; and am not drowned, as all my ship's company was (59).
[F]or never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me; without passions, sullenness, or designs, perfectly obliged and engaged (186).
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Which line from Robinson Crusoe best supports the theme of religion?
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[S]ometimes I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin its creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable,—so without help abandoned (55).
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Who or what is most likely an antagonist in Robinson Crusoe?
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The earthquake
The sea and its tides
Crusoe's mental debate about sin
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Which of Crusoe's traits most clearly identifies him as the protagonist of Robinson Crusoe?
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His ambition to sail the seas
His guilt over disobeying his parents
His survival on the island
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Which of Crusoe's feelings, motivations, or circumstances can modern readers most likely identify with?
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His sadness over the death of a goat
His regrets over disobeying his parents
His desire to live an adventurous life
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