Identifying Irony Activity 2

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• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

As the teacher handed back our graded exams, the kid next to me muttered, “Great.”

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

The audience knows the characters cannot hear the toys speaking, but the toys do not know.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• none

In a television program, a character who thinks she is alone in a room

begins to sing along very loudly with the music in her headphones. The

audience knows that her friends are in the next room and can hear her.

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Julia arrived late to meet Carey for lunch. “I’m sorry,” said Julia. “Were

you waiting long?” Carey replied, “Oh, not that long. I had time to finish writing a novel, write thank you letters for all of my birthday presents, and memorized the dictionary. Not long at all.”

• verbal

• situational

• dramtic

Rob unpacked his backpack and started getting ready to do his

homework. “Wonderful,” he said. “I forgot my social studies book at

school. That will really help me get this homework finished.”

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

In a suspenseful movie, a character runs into a room to escape

someone who is chasing him. Only the audience knows that the chaser is

already in the room.

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Ralph shuffled back into the classroom after being called to the

principal’s office. “How did it go?” his friend Mike asked. “Oh,” said Ralph, “It went really well. I have detention for two days and I can’t go to the school carnival. Lucky me!”

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Jimmy tells his mom he is late getting home from school because he

stayed to help the teacher organize the room. Jimmy’s mom has already received a phone call from the school and knows he was late because he had detention.

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

In Frozen, the audience is aware that Elsa has powers that are hard to control. Her sister Anna does not know about these powers and thinks of Elsa as standoffish and cold. The truth is that Elsa is being distant from Anna to protect her and is scared of hurting her. The audience feels for both girls.

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony