Irony

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What is VERBAL IRONY?

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When what is said is different than what is meant.

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What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?

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When what happens is the opposite of what is expected.

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What is DRAMATIC IRONY?

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When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

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What type of irony is this?

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situational

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A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “wonderful weather we’re having!”

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Verbal irony

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The teacher fails the quiz on irony.

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Situational irony

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Why is this image an example of dramatic irony?

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The swimmer doesn't know that she is likely going to be eaten by a shark.

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Traveling from Pennsylvania to Florida in January in order to avoid the cold weather but finding below-freezing temperatures once you arrived in Florida would be an example of:

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Situational irony

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What type of irony is this?

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Verbal irony

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When the reader knows the identity of the superhero, but the characters in the book wonder who they are, that is...?

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Dramatic irony