Dramatic Irony Mini Lesson

Dramatic Irony Mini Lesson

Irony is a literary device used in stories.

Irony: the opposite of what is expected.

There are 3 types of irony:

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Verbal Irony

A character says one things but means the opposite.

Sarcasm (or being sarcastic) is a form of verbal irony.

Example:

Awesome! Another homework packet!

Dramatic Irony

When the reader understands more about the events of a story than a character.

You know a secret that a character doesn’t.

Example:

Tim’s parents are proud of the “A” he got on the test, but we know he cheated.

Situational Irony

When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected.

Something about the situation is completely unexpected.

Example:

Bill Gates uses an Apple computer.

Review

Something that is ironic is unexpected.

If unexpected by a character, it’s dramatic. If unexpected by everyone, it’s situational. If it’s sarcasm, it’s verbal.

Multiple Choice

What is Dramatic Irony

• When one thing is expected and the opposite happens

• When, we, the readers know what is going to happen but the characters do not.

• When one thing is said but the opposite is meant

• Sarcasm

Multiple Choice

The main character is hiding from the villain in the very where the villain is waiting for them. The audience yells at the TV for the hero to run.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Multiple Choice

In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the audience knows that the beast is in fact the prince, but Belle does not.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Multiple Choice

The audience knows a character is in disguise but the other character talks to him thinking he is someone else.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Multiple Choice

In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer in the house.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Multiple Choice

If you, the reader, know that Sophie's friends are acting strange because they are throwing a surprise party for her, but Sophie does not know this, you are feeling suspense due to

• stress from school
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• situation ethics

Multiple Choice

When we know the identify of the superhero, but everyone else wonders who they are, thats...?

• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic
• Super

Multiple Choice

How does this photo show dramatic irony?

• We know the girl is about to be eaten by a shark

• The shark doesn't know it's about to run into a swimmer

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

4. In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move while the audience is aware

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Dramatic Irony happens when ...

• the reader is aware of what will happen next but the characters in the story are unaware.

• when a female character overreacts to something a male character did in a story

• the narrator drops clues about what will happen next in a story

• the reader and the characters are unaware of what will happen next in a story