3 Types of Irony

The audience knows the house isn't really haunted, but a terrified visitor takes desperate measures to get away.

• Cosmic
• Dramatic
• Situational
• Verbal

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"Don't you just hate it when you get all A's?"

• Cosmic
• Dramatic
• Situational
• Verbal

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is verbal irony?

• When what is said is different than what is meant
• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know. 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

What is situational irony?

• When what is said is the opposite of what is meant
• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
• When the audience knows something the character doesn't

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is dramatic Irony?

• When what is said is different than what is meant
• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
• When the audience knows something the character doesn't

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move while the audience is aware

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Type of Irony: A man buys a gun to protect himself, then someone breaks into his house and shoots him with that same gun.

• Verbal
• Dramatic
• Situational
• None of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

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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CCSS.L.8.5A