Irony

Irony

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​Mrs. Adams, the English teacher, majored in Spanish.

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

A mother comes into the TV room and discovers her 11-year-old watching television instead of doing his homework. Pointing to the screen she says, “I see you are busy, kiddo, but when you're finished with your serious studies there, maybe we could take some time out for recreation and do a little math.”

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

A couple appears in court to finalize a divorce, but during the proceeding, they reconcile and decide to remarry instead.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

Romeo and Juliet are secretly married, but Juliet's parents insist that she should marry Paris. Juliet tries to fake her death in order to run off with Romeo, but, being a typical teenager, neglects to tell Romeo about her plan. She becomes unconscious after drinking a sleeping potion given to her by the apothecary. When Romeo discovers Juliet, he thinks that she is dead, not knowing that she is merely unconscious. He consumes poison and kills himself.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

Dad is finally out of patience with picking up after his son, who cannot seem to put his dirty clothes in the hamper instead of letting them drop wherever he happens to be when he takes them off. Dad says to him, “Would it please Milord if I, his humble servant, were to attend to the laundry?"

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

On Friday night, Jim leaves with friends to watch a basketball game but when he arrives, there is a chess tournament going on instead. The basketball game is actually on Saturday night.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

Dwight is seated at his desk working diligently when Jim sneaks up behind him silently. Jim, a great prankster, is dressed as a bear. Dwight is known to practice karate in case of bear attacks, and he takes bear attacks quite seriously, but Jim does not know this. Everyone in the office sees Jim about to “scare” Dwight out of his wits, but they do nothing.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

Jan buys herself something she has wanted for a long time – an iPhone 11 – after months of saving her allowance. When her grandmother visits days later, she surprises Jan – with an iPhone 11.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

“Clear your desks,” says the teacher. “All you need is a pen.” The teacher then passes out clean sheets of college ruled loose leaf paper. “Please put a proper MLA heading at the tops of your paper,” the teacher continues, “and number your paper 1 – 10.” The students seem anxious and are oddly quiet. “Now,” says the millionaire teacher seriously, “write down ten things you would like me to buy you at the mall this weekend.”

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

You pull up to a red light next to a group of the toughest, meanest looking motorcycle riders you've ever seen. You sneak a glance at the guy in the front, who is covered with tattoos and has a helmet with teeth on the visor. Then you look at his jacket, where you see the tiniest, cutest kitten head popping out of the zipper.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

The temperature in the English classroom is, like it often is, egregiously warm. “Why is it always so cold in here?” asks a sixth grader, without raising his hand.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

The winner of the annual St. Mary’s Benefit raffle for $10,000 turns out to be Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

A man hates his wife's cheap, fake jewelry. When she dies, he slowly sinks into poverty and decides to sell the fake jewelry for the few measly dollars he can get for it. He discovers that it's not fake after all, but worth thousands of francs.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal