2. Definitions
Irony: usually saying something and saying the opposite in the same sentence.
Mythology: A collections of myth including Greek, Roman, and Vikings
Oxymoron: Usually contradicting the word with the next word
3. Everyday ways they are used
Irony: A teacher failed a test and a robbery at a police station
Oxymoron: Great Depression, living dead, random order and military intelligence
Mythology: each day is named after each god such as Tyr, Woden, Thor, Freya and
Saturn.
4. Literary devices in shakespearean plays
Irony: Yet brutus says he an ambitious man; and a honorable man. (Julius Caesar)
Oxymoron: His honor rooted in dishonour stood and faith unfaithful kept him falsely
true (Odes)
Mythology: Greek, Roman and Vikings
5. How authors would use them
Irony: authors can use irony to lighten a mood or to add a bit of humour
Oxymoron: authors can use them to confuse the audience into thinking something
different
Mythology: can be used to create fictional works without having to invent
characters for the story