Irony

Select the correct type of irony.

When it’s pouring rain outside, a person says, "What a beautiful day for a picnic!"

• Situational irony
• Dramatic irony
• Verbal irony
• opposite irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the correct type of irony.

A fire station burns down while the firefighters are out on a call.

• Situational irony
• Cosmic irony
• Verbal irony
• Dramatic irony

Answer explanation

Situational irony is when the audience and the characters are surprised. Situational and surprised both start with "s".

Select the correct type of irony.

In a scary movie, the audience knows the villain is hiding in the closet, but the main character does not, so they open the closet door.

• Situational irony
• Dramatic irony
• Verbal irony
• Scary irony

Answer explanation

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something one or more than one of the characters do not know.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Select the correct type of irony.

A professional chef forgets to add salt to his signature dish at a cooking competition.

• Situational irony
• Verbal irony
• Dramatic irony
• Forgetful irony

Select the correct type of irony.

Looking at a messy room, a parent says, "I can see you put a lot of effort into cleaning up!"

• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• Parental irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the correct type of irony.

In a novel, a character plans a surprise party for their best friend, unaware that the friend overheard the plans and already knows about it.

• Situational irony
• Verbal irony
• Sneaky irony

• Dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Select the correct type of irony.

During a detective show, the viewers know the true identity of the criminal, but the detectives are still looking for clues.

• Situational irony
• Dramatic irony
• Verbal irony
• Criminal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

A pilot with a fear of heights

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why is this a good example of situation irony?

• The first sign warns against eating unhealthy food, but the second sign promotes fast food.

• The same lady is in both advertisements, but she can't really promote both companies.

• The signs are right beside a traffic light which is going to distract drivers.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Situational Irony is like sarcasm 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5