Irony Fun Quiz

Situational Irony

• When the speaker says one thing but means another

• When the audience knows something the character does not

• When the opposite of what is expected is happen in a situation.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Verbal Irony

• When the audience knows something the character does not.

• When the speaker says one thing but means another.

• When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens in a situation.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Dramatic irony

• When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.

• When the audience knows something the character does not.

• When the speaker says one thing but means the opposite.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A man who needed medical assistance is run over by an ambulance.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

I'd like to visit that museum again as much as I'd like to gnaw off my own foot.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A marriage counselor files for divorce.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer in the house.

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Irony usually involves something that is 

• false
• silly
• unexpected
• unimportant

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A type of verbal irony that intends to mock or show contempt

• repetition
• sarcasm
• ironic twist
• dramatic effect

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

How does this photo show dramatic irony?

• We know the girl is about to be eaten by a shark

• The shark doesn't know it's about to run into a swimmer

• All of These

• The girl is afraid of sharks

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A