FFA Vocabulary and Irony

What is verbal irony?

• when someone says the opposite of what they mean

• when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens

• when the audience knows something that the characters don't

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.

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

• Verbal
• Dramatic
• Situational
• None of the Above

Dramatic irony is when...

• what is said is different than what is meant.

• the audience knows something the character doesn't.

• what happens is the opposite of what is expected.

Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

• dramatic

• situational

• verbal

In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move, but the audience is.

• verbal

• dramatic

• situational

Which is NOT a type of irony?

• verbal

• dramatic

• situational

• suspense

A type of fantasy (genre) that uses science and technology -

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• informational

• poetry

Flowers for Algernon is which type of genre?

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Informational

Our ability to think and learn is our -

• subconscious

• intellect

• irony

• conscience