Understanding Sarcasm
A Grade 7 ELA worksheet designed to help students identify and understand sarcasm in various contexts, aligning with figurative language standards.
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Read each section carefully and answer the questions to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand and identify sarcasm.
What is Sarcasm?
Sarcasm is a literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock, often with satirical or ironic remarks, with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society simultaneously. Sarcasm is primarily conveyed through tone of voice, but can also be understood through context.
Example: If it's raining heavily, someone might say, "What lovely weather we're having!" The speaker means the opposite of what they are saying.
1. Which of the following statements most clearly demonstrates sarcasm?
“I'm so excited for this test!”
“The sky is blue today.”
“Please hand me that book.”
“What a beautiful day for a picnic!”
2. Sarah tripped and dropped all her papers. Her friend said, "Smooth move, Einstein." What does her friend most likely mean?
Sarah is very intelligent.
Sarah handled the situation gracefully.
Sarah is clumsy and did something foolish.
Sarah is a fan of Albert Einstein.
Read each sentence and determine if it is an example of sarcasm. Mark T for True (sarcastic) or F for False (not sarcastic).
3. "Oh, great, another Monday!" (said with a sigh)
True
False
4. "That's a very interesting point you've made." (said genuinely)
True
False
Complete the following sentences to make them sarcastic. Remember to imply the opposite of what you are literally saying.
5. After waiting an hour for the slow computer, Mark exclaimed, "This is just !"
6. When his friend showed up an hour late, Alex said, "Thanks for being so ."
7. Describe a situation where you might use sarcasm and explain why it would be sarcastic. What is the intended meaning versus the literal meaning?