Types of Irony

Microsoft's new Chief Executive Officer completes all of her work on an Apple Computer

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

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

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

A prisoner spends months digging an underground tunnel leading out of his cell. His plan is flawed, though, and he ends up emerging in the warden’s backyard, where he is promptly caught and returned to prison with additional time added to his sentence.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.6

In The Truman Show, a 1998 movie starring Jim Carrey, the main character doesn’t realize he’s living inside a TV show, but everyone else around him, including the audience, knows the truth.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A police station was robbed.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the audience knows more than the character

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• None

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Saying one thing but meaning the opposite

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• None

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the opposite of what we expect occurs

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• None

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A pilot is afraid of heights.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• none

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.6

Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she drank a sleeping potion.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• none

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10