'The Story of an Hour" Presentation

The 3 Types of Irony
and
"Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

• when the opposite of what is expected to happen happens

Situational Irony

• when a person says one thing but means the opposite

​Verbal Irony

The 3 Types of Irony

​Dramatic Irony

• when the audience knows something that characters do not

5-Minute Research in Groups

Group 1: Kate Chopin's early life

Group 2: Chopin's career and most successful works

Group 3: Chopin's personal life (family, illnesses, etc.)

Group 4: Chopin's later life and cause of death

Open Ended

First off, consider the title: "The Story of an Hour." What's your theory for the reason it's named that?

Multiple Choice

What news is Mrs. Mallard about to learn at the beginning of the story?

• Her husband has died.

• Her child has died.

• Her sister has died.

Multiple Choice

What does the narrator tell us about Mrs. Mallard at the story's opening?

• She loves her husband greatly.

• She has a heart condition.

• She has never married.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not describe how Mrs. Mallard responded to her husband's death?

• She weeps.

• She stares out the window.

• She responds exactly as other women would.

• She goes alone to her room.

Open Ended

What is one thing that Mrs. Mallard sees when she looks out the window? What is one word that cdescribe the tone of this section?

Open Ended

What do you think is the "something coming for her" Mrs. Mallard mentions? Keep your answer in mind, and we'll see if the end of the story supports that.

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Mallard knows she will never weep over her husband's death.

• True

• False

Open Ended

How does this work? How can she say she loved her husband but then happy and free now that she knows he is dead?

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is this?

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

Open Ended

What's an example of each type of irony in this story. (refer to slide 2 for definitions)