Dramatic Irony

Dramatic irony is when the opposite happens of what we expect to happen.

• True

• False

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Dramatic Irony is when someone in the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not know.

• True

• False

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Is this dramatic irony

• Yes

• No

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The people watching snow white know that the apple is poisoned but snow white doesn't know. Is this dramatic irony?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

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In a scary movie the characters don't know that anything is wrong but we do because that is the point of the movie is this dramatic irony

• Yes

• No

• Maybee

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Is this dramatic irony

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

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How does Romeo and Juliet show Dramatic Irony? (You can answer this even if you haven't read it!)

• Because they both die

• Because they sneak away from her dad

• Because he thinks she is dead but we know she isn't

• Because it just is

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How does The Little Mermaid show Dramatic Irony?

• Because we know she is a mermaid but Aric doesn't

• Because she has red hair

• I don't know

• Because she is a mermaid

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What is situational irony?

• When what is said is the opposite of what is meant
• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
• When the audience knows something the character doesn't

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What is an example of a comic where the audience knows the hero's true identity but the other characters don't?

• Batman
• X Men
• Superman
• All of the above

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