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Irony Practice

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7th - 8th Grade

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Irony Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the type of irony in the example:

A couple's counselor who has been divorced six times.

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the type of irony in the example:

"Wow. Hilarious." in response to a really terrible joke.

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the type of irony in the example:

A man is approaching a banana peel. The audience sees it, but the man does not.

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the type of irony in the example:

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the reader knows that the potion Juliet has taken was only a sleeping potion and that she isn't dead. Romeo does not know this.

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the type of irony in the example:

A vegetarian who works for a meat-packing plant.

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the type of irony in the example:

A student fails a test and says, "Oh my dad is really going to love this."

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the type of irony in the example:

On the television show, Survivor, Alan makes a deal with Richard and says that they will be in an alliance together. Later, Alan speaks into the camera and tells the audience that he has no intention to stick to his deal with Richard.

Verbal

Situational

Dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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