Types of Irony Review

As Harold carried his lunch tray past Chuck, the school bully, Chuck stuck his foot into the aisle. He was trying to trip Harold. Harold expected such an obstruction, so he sidestepped around Chuck's leg. "Excuse me, Chuck, my fault entirely," Harold said as he continued back to his table. Chuck felt offended that Harold had not tripped, so he marched to Harold's table to put him in his place. Dipping his finger into Harold's school lunch, Chuck said, "What are you eating, puke?" Harold replied nervously, "Yes, well, I think that's what they serve here. Only the best for us students, right? Anyway, you're welcome to it." Chuck sneered and stuck his finger into Harold's chest, "I don't want any of your puke, puke. Next time, you fall when I trip you." He removed his finger from Harold's chest and grabbed Harold's cupcake from his lunch tray before leaving. "Good bye, Chuck. It's always a pleasure seeing you," said Harold. He then released a sigh and ate around the fingerprint that Chuck had left in his casserole.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Tom has always liked Lucy, but Lucy has always thought Tom was annoying and unattractive.  One day, Lucy comes home to find an eviction notice on her door.  Apparently, her roommate had been spending the rent money that Lucy was giving her on other things.  Lucy only has 24 hours to get all her stuff over to her mom's house, and Lucy doesn't even have a car.  But Tom has a truck.  So Lucy calls up Tom and asks him how he's doing.  She tells him that she's always thought he was funny, and that they should hang out sometime.  Tom thinks that Lucy has finally come around is beginning to like him.  He also thinks that his jokes are funny because she is laughing after everything that he says.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

When the first English settlers arrived at Jamestown, hygiene was not a priority. The settlers faced many challenges. Food was scarce and the land was unsuitable for farming. Worse still, relations with Native Americans were uneasy and violence loomed. Yet even in these conditions, some settlers found time to care for their teeth. They did this by brushing their teeth with rags and abrasive tooth powders. Archaeologists have examined the remains of these colonists. They discovered that many of the settlers were missing the enamel on their teeth. By using these tooth powders, the settlers had striped this protective layer from their teeth. This caused their teeth to decay and fall out prematurely.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

I thought that my mother was going to flip when Perry came over to eat at our house. To my surprise she just ignored him, even though he wore his hat, put his elbows on the table, and rocked back in his chair. I thought that she would go crazy while we ate. Perry pulled bones out of his mouth and put them on his plate instead of spitting them into a napkin. To my astonishment Mom looked past this too. But when Perry slammed a glass of root beer and burped the ABCs, she could no longer restrain herself. "What a wonderful rendition of the alphabet, Perry, and how age appropriate? I'm impressed." Perry wore a confused look, unsure of what her reaction had meant.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

When Mr. Goodenwell saw his baby boy Vince for the first time, he swore that he’d do anything to protect the little guy. This was easy at first. All Vince did was lie in a pillow and drink milk. But soon little Vince grew bigger, and then he started walking. Now little Vince got into everything. Vince’s curiosity was becoming a serious threat to himself.  So Mr. Goodenwell went to the store and bought $150 worth of equipment to childproof his home. He put covers on the outlets, bumpers on the table corners, and a sliding lock on the toilet lid. As Mr. Goodenwell was adjusting the covers on the door knobs, Vince pulled the cap off an outlet and chewed on it. It got lodged in his throat and Vince began to choke. Mr. Goodenwell found him just in time.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

One bright Easter morning, Timmy Holloway woke up to the smell of eggs, but not breakfast eggs, Easter eggs. That’s right Timmy had a craving for Easter eggs, and today was the day to get them, boy howdy. There was only one thing standing in his way, well two really: the Solomon brothers. The Solomon brothers got more eggs than Timmy every year. Timmy reasoned that this was because there were two of them and they counted their eggs as one. He suspected that this was cheating but couldn’t articulate the notion. Timmy clutched his sack behind his back as the Solomon brothers approached him. The taller brother distracted Timmy. The shorter one snuck behind him and clipped the corner of Timmy’s egg sack, making quite a big hole. Timmy failed to notice this. When the whistle blew, Timmy was off. He wasn’t surprised to see the Solomon brothers behind him. Timmy was much faster than they. He was surprised that they chose to follow him. Timmy beat them to every egg, and raced on to the next, never noticing that his sack wasn’t getting heavier. As he approached the end of the course, Timmy was elated to be the first to finish. The Solomon brothers were right behind him. "Maybe next year, loser twins," Timmy chuckled, right before he noticed that his sack was empty.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Making friends isn’t easy. Ask Juan Guerrero, who moved to New High School High three months ago but he still eats lunch by himself. Nobody picks on him really, but they pretty much ignore him, at least since the incident. You see, Juan had his chance. We almost adopted him into our crew, the skaters, after Juan said he could skate. "Oh yeah?" asked my boy Romeo, "well, where’s your board?" Juan replied shakily, "Uh, my mom ran over it with her car, but I do flips and grinds and all that stuff." Romeo didn’t believe him.  "Why don’t you use my board? Show me one of those flips," Romeo challenged. Juan gulped and grabbed the board. "Uh... Ok," he replied.  When you see a good skater on TV or in a video game, skateboarding may look easy. In real life though, just moving without falling, let alone doing any tricks, takes a lot of practice. So I wasn’t too surprised when Juan landed flat on his can before he even made it across a single sidewalk square. "Wow! What an awesome flip, Tony Hawk. You’ll have to teach me that," Romeo sneered. Now Juan eats lunch alone. 

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Tim Kylie is one of the world's top chefs. He is best known for his signature dish, triple-dipped chip steak. This masterpiece contains over a pound of beef braised in duck fat. Another of Chef Kylie's more celebrated dishes is the Hamslaughter Supreme. This dish features ham stuffed sausage links presented in a basket made of braided bacon. While carnivores around the world roar for Chef Kylie's creations, it is unlikely that Chef Kylie will dine with them. As a longtime vegan, Chef Kylie would never dream of devouring one of his own dishes.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A