Irony Expanded Review

The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs. Often, roles and outcomes are dramatically reversed.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• none of the above

In The Book Thief, Liesel lives on Himmel Street, which means "Heaven Street," but it's really a miserable place.

• Verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

In the show NCIS, a murder takes place in the first scene. The audience sees the murderer, but the show focuses on detectives trying to solve the crime, which creates suspense.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

In the movie Annie, the orphans continuously say, "we love you, Ms. Hannigan.: Ms. Hannigan is the orphanage director who is very cruel and mean to them.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

The doctor who was scheduled to give the children flu shots was home sick with the flu.

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

The Pardoner in The Canterbury Tales is a religious worker who preaches against greed. Meanwhile, he is very greedy and tries to cheat people out of money.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Michael drives his car to the gym on his way to work out. He thinks walking would be too much effort.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Rosalind in As You Like It disguises herself as a man to escape from her uncle. The audience knows she is a woman, but other characters are fooled.

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

In Holes, Mr. Sir continually tells the children that "this ain't a Girl Scout camp" to warn them that it will not be fun. At the end of the story, we learn that the camp is going to be transformed into a girl scout camp.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

In Matilda, Matilda performs tricks like putting a parrot inside the chimney. We know she is the one responsible, but her parents think the house is haunted.

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony