Shel Silversteins Voice

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Shel Silversteins Voice
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Dramatic Irony
Fancy Dive
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Dramatic Irony

• She did thirty-four jackknives, backflipped, and
  spun
• Quadruple gainered, and reached for the sun
• And then somersaulted nine times and a quarter
• And looked down and saw that the pool had no
  water.

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Telling a Story

• Paul Bunyan

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Telling a Story

• he was 90 years old when he said with a sigh, I
  think Im gonna lay right down and die
• so he died, and we cried, and we covered him up
  and we figured that was all for Paul.
• Then one night Paul came alive
• You know being dead wasnt no fun at all,
  says Paul

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The Narrator Is a Child

• Sick

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The Narrator Is a Child

• I cannot go to school today.
• I have the measles and mumps.
• You say today is. . .Saturday.
• Gbye Im going out to play.
• My temperature is one-o-eight.

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Situational Irony

• Jimmy Jet and His TV Set

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Situational Irony

• and now instead of him watching t.v., we all
  sit around and watch him
• and his brains turned into t.v. tubes, and his
  face to a t.v. screen
• And two knobs saying vert and horiz. grew
  where his ears had been.

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Bad Influences

• The Little Blue Engine

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Bad Influences

• And strong and proud he cried out loud, I think
  I can, I think I can, I think I can!
• If the track is tough and the hill is rough,
  THINKING you can just aint enough!