Types of Irony

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What type of irony is it when Microsoft's new CEO completes all her work on an Apple Computer?

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Situational Irony

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As the teacher handed back our graded exams, the kid next to me muttered, “Great.”

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Verbal Irony

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A prisoner spends months digging an underground tunnel leading out of his cell but ends up emerging in the warden’s backyard and is caught. What type of irony is this?

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Situational Irony

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In The Truman Show, a 1998 movie starring Jim Carrey, the main character doesn’t realize he’s living inside a TV show, but everyone else around him, including the audience, knows the truth.

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Dramatic Irony

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A police station was robbed. What type of irony is this?

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Situational Irony

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When the audience knows more than the character

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Dramatic irony

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Saying one thing but meaning the opposite

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Verbal irony

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When the opposite of what we expect occurs

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Situational irony

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A pilot is afraid of heights.

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situational irony

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What type of irony is it when Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she drank a sleeping potion?

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dramatic irony