Grade 9 English (Irony)

Grade 9 English (Irony)

Sunday, February 14, 2021_ Term 2/Week 4

Open Ended

Bell-Work: Read the following short narrative and describe the imagery being used. Tell which senses are they appealing to.

What is weird about the following pictures?

(Discussion)

All of the pictures contain some type of irony...



Have you every heard about "irony" before? What is it? What do you think it is based on the previous images? (Discussion)

Open Ended

Look up "irony" and write down the names of the three main types as well as their definitions and examples.

Multiple Choice

Verbal Irony

• When the audience knows something the character does not.

• When the speaker says one thing but means another.

• When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens in a situation.

Multiple Choice

Situational Irony

• When the speaker says one thing but means another

• When the audience knows something the character does not

• When the opposite of what is expected is happen in a situation.

Multiple Choice

Dramatic irony

• When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.

• When the audience knows something the character does not.

• When the speaker says one thing but means the opposite.

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

Saying "Oh fantastic!" when the situation is actually very poor.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Multiple Choice

A firehouse burns down.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Open Ended

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