Irony and 3 Types of Irony

When the reader or audience knows something the characters don't.

• Static Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

In a movie, the audience knows that the guards are waiting by the place where the criminal is trying to escape.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When the reader knows there is a shark below where the girl is swimming.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the opposite of what is supposed to happen, happens.

• Author's Point of View

• Author's Purpose

• Irony

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A Pepsi truck wrecks and a Coke machine falls out the back.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A plumber has leaky faucets at his house.

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A gym that has an escalator to the front office

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

An English teacher who uses improper grammar

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When a person or character says the opposite of what they mean.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

It's raining, and the boy says, "Lovely weather."

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A