Irony

Looking at the messy room, Mom said, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Not ironic, annoying

What is VERBAL IRONY?

• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

• When what is said is different than what is meant.

• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected.

What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?

• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

• When what is said is different than what is meant.

• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected.

What type of irony is this?

• Not ironic, just more bad luck.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

Why is this image an example of dramatic irony?

• The swimmer doesn't know that she is likely going to be eaten by a shark.

• The shark doesn't see the swimmer because his eyes are on the side of his head.

• The water must be really cold.

• This isn't irony, it's just an unfortunate meeting between human and fish.

The teacher fails the quiz on irony.

• Not ironic, just very meta.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

Traveling from Pennsylvania to Florida in January in order to avoid the cold weather but finding below-freezing temperatures once you arrived in Florida would be an example of:

• Not ironic, just bad luck.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

What type of irony is this?

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Romeo arrives to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, we, the audience, know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead. This is an example of what kind of irony?

• Not ironic, just plain bad luck.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

When the reader knows the identify of the superhero, but the characters in the book wonder who they are, that is...?

• Super

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony