Irony and usage

Which type of irony occurs when the audience knows more than a character in the story?

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

• None

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What type of irony is this ?

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

In Beauty and the Beast, Belle tells Gaston, the unpleasant man who is trying to win her love, "I just don't deserve you!"

• dramatic

• situational

• verbal

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is irony?

• A type of symbolism

• Something ironic

• The difference between what we expect and what actually happens

• Sarcasm

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is dramatic irony?

• when the speaker says one thing and means the opposite

• a contrast between what a character expects and what really happens

• the reader or viewer knows more than the characters in the story

• none of the above

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CCSS.L.8.5A

True or False: When the opposite of what you expected to happen is what happens is referred to as verbal irony.

• True

• False

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Which phrase is an example of verbal irony?

• "I'm so tired, I only slept for 10 hours."

• "You're the best driver I've ever seen."

• "I'm thrilled about doing three hours of homework tonight."

• "This is the most delicious meal I've ever had."

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• none of the above

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A device where that author has characters say or do things in a way that the reader knows, but the characters don’t

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Satire

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in the story does not know, this is called

• situational irony
• intelligent craft
• dramatic irony
• rising action

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CCSS.L.8.5A