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English II Irony Practice

Authored by Sylvia Houston

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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English II Irony Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is irony?

When you iron your clothes, but you burn them

When you receive clues in the story about what will happen next

The way the author chooses to rhyme lines in a poem

The difference between what is expected and what happens

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the readers/viewers knows something about the plot that the characters do not know...

Character Irony

Dramatic irony

Verbal irony

Situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a person uses verbal irony, that person...

says one thing; mean another

tells the truth all of the time

says exactly what they mean

says whatever they think will make them popular

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Sure I'll wash all of the dishes for a week," said John to his Dad. "Didn't you know? My favorite thing to do is wash dishes." What kind of irony is this?

Situational

Dramatic

Verbal

Common

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The way the Kevin and the burglars' situation was handled in the movie, "Home Alone" would show what kind of irony?

Traditional

Irony

Dramatic

Situational

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The farmer thought he planted a grove of orange trees, but when they matured they were pecan trees. What kind of irony is this?

Methodical

Situational

Instructional

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This kind of irony is the same as sarcasm...

Dramatic

Situational

Irony

Verbal

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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