Irony

Irony

Verbal, situational, and dramatic

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It rained on a couple's wedding day.

• irony

• not irony, just unfortunate

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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 These

• The girl is afraid of sharks

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Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

• not ironic

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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
• Sophie being involved in falling action
• dramatic irony
• situation ethics

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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:

• dramatic irony
• good luck
• situational irony
• motion sickness

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Irony can best be used to achieve which of the following effects?

• create humor, suspense, or tragedy
• create an emotional connection with the audience
• create action, setting, and basic situation
• introduce new characters

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A type of verbal irony that intends to mock or show contempt

• repetition
• sarcasm
• ironic twist
• dramatic effect

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When an event turns out in a way that would be the opposite of what a person might logically expect, this is called

• a surprise resolution
• situational irony
• suspense
• dramatic irony

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When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in the story does not know, this is called

• situational irony
• intelligent craft
• dramatic irony
• rising action

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When a person says something that is the opposite of what he/she means, the person is using

• ironic speech
• verbal irony
• trickery
• verbal disagreement

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Irony usually involves something that is 

• false
• silly
• unexpected
• unimportant