Dramatic, Verbal, and Situational Irony

When the audience knows more than the character

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• None

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Saying one thing but meaning the opposite

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• None

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When the opposite of what we expect occurs

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• None

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A pilot is afraid of heights.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The audience knows the characters cannot hear the toys speaking, but the toys do not know.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The Titanic, the most indestructible ship on the ocean, hits an iceberg and sinks.

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What example of irony can be found in this picture?

• dramatic

• verbal

• situational

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A marriage counselor gets divorced.

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A fire erupts at the fire station.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

That dog is as harmless as a fly.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A