Irony

The three main purposes for using irony are...

• To add humor

• To add visualization

• To add suspense

• To emphasize a theme

• To make you like a character

A robbery at a police station would be an example of which type of irony?

• Verbal - Sarcasm

• Dramatic

• Situational

• None of the Above

Did you hear about all the rain they had down south? The flooding got so bad that they had to evaporate the entire city!

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony - Sarcasm

• Verbal Irony - Malapropism

• Situational Irony

Which type of irony could best fit this image?

• verbal irony - sarcasm

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony - malapropism

What's an example of verbal irony - sarcasm ?

• Chanting, "You're an awesome athlete!" to an Olympian

• Saying, "Good job driving!" 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

Bill: Do you know what time it is?

Sam: Yes, it's tree o'clock.

Bill: Umm...huh?

• Verbal Irony - Malapropism

• Verbal Irony - Sarcasm

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• verbal irony - malapropism

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• none of the above

In your history book, you read about a young man in the Revolutionary War who kills a British soldier. We know that the soldier he killed turns out to be his favorite cousin. This unfortunate incident is what type of irony?

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony - Sarcasm

• Dramatic Irony

• verbal irony - malapropism

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 - Sarcasm

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony - Malapropism

Why are we STILL talking about this?! It's no longer important! It's a moo point!

*The word "moot" means irrelevant.

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony - Sarcasm

• Verbal Irony - Malapropism

• Situational Irony