Possible Answers to Fishbone Graphic Organizer
“The Nose Knows” by Dave Barry
The bones on the top part of the fishbone graphic organizer are for examples of irony. The corresponding bones below each explain how the irony contributes to the tone, mood, author’s purpose, characterization, or theme of the text.
The large box on the right is for the overall effect of the selection.
Overall effect: The overall effect of the column is humor through the use of verbal irony.
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Example of Irony |
Contribution to the Column |
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As you approach the brownie, your nose snorks up smell particles from it and passes them along into the Olfactory Canal, which was completed in 1825 and goes to Albany, N.Y. |
The unexpected definition of the olfactory canal adds to the humorous tone of the column. |
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… back when we were primitive beings who ran around naked. No, I am not talking about the 60’s. |
The verbal irony is expecting primitive beings to mean prehistoric, yet Barry makes social commentary on the 60’s. This adds to the writer’s humorous point of view. |
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Most women are very sensitive to odors, whereas men, largely as a result of smelling their own selves over the eons, have reached the point where they tend not to detect any aroma below the level of a municipal dump. |
The verbal irony adds to the writer’s humor by raising gender issues. |