Irony Pre-test

A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods.  The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

In your history book, you read about a young man in the Revolutionary War who kills a British soldier.  That soldier who was killed turns out to be his favorite cousin.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following is an example of situational irony?

• The cat ran away from the dog.
• She told everyone what a beautiful day it was.
• A vampire has a cross in his house.
• Penny is beautiful.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, we the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which of the following is NOT an example of verbal irony?

• A left handed person is called "Lefty"
• A tall person is called "Shorty
• An arrogant criminal gets caught.
• A best selling writer's latest novel is a flop.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

• A mother expecting her children to do well in school, and they make the honor roll.
• A man meets his long-lost son but doesn't know it, although the reader does.
• A little girl can see the future.
• A teacher tells her students they did well on a test, but actually they all failed

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Type of Irony: A girl standing at a bus stop in the pouring rain says, "Isn't this great?" 

• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Type of Irony: While watching a scary movie, we see the killer run inside the house while the character is looking around on the porch. She doesn't know that the killer is inside the house when she walks back inside.

• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What type of irony is this?

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10