Identify Irony

What's an example of verbal irony?

• Chanting, "You're an awesome athlete!" to an Olympian
• Saying, "Good job!" to someone who just rear ended a car
• When the sun is shining and the birds are singing, you say, "Nice weather we're having, right?"
• All of the above

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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

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Romeo arrives 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. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is used? 

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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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When we know the identify of the superhero, but everyone else wonders who they are, thats...?

• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic
• Super

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If you, the reader, know that Sophie's friends are acting strange because they are throwing a surprise party for her, but Sophie does not know this, you are feeling suspense due to

• stress from school
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• situation ethics

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Irony usually involves something that is 

• false
• silly
• unexpected
• unimportant

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What is VERBAL IRONY?

• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

• When what is said is different than what is meant.

• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected.

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What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?

• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

• When what is said is different than what is meant.

• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected.

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What is DRAMATIC IRONY?

• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

• When what is said is different than what is meant.

• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected.

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