Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic Irony

Irony

Types of irony

Irony is

is a literary device used by many authors to   describe a situation where what we expect is very different from what actually happens.

Types of irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

Verbal Irony

Verbal irony is when you say something different than what you mean. This is done intentionally by the speaker, often with the hope that either the listener or the audience recognizes the presence of irony. 

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Multiple Select

Why is this situation in the video an example of verbal irony? Check all that apply.

• The speaker said something and she meant it.

• The speaker didn't mean what she said.

• The speaker liked the other girl's skirt.

• The speaker didn't like the other girl's skirt.

Situational Irony

Situational irony occurs when the outcome of an event turns out to be completely unexpected.

Situational Irony 

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Multiple Choice

The situation in the video is an example of situational irony because ......................

• The interviewee expected to see the mummy.

• The interviewee didn't expect to see the mummy.

• The audience knew that the mummy would appear.

Dramatic Irony

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don’t.

Dramatic Irony

This is dramatic irony because ..........

• Romeo kills himself beside Juliet, thinking she is dead.  

• Yet,the audience knows she is not dead.

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an example of verbal irony?

• When the knight declares, "Tis but a scratch" after losing his arm.

• Saying, "I don't know, can you?" when a student asks to use the restroom.

• Exclaiming, "That's fantastic!" after failing and exam.

Multiple Choice

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:

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal

• Not irony at all

Multiple Choice

This is an example of ..................

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• not irony at all

Multiple Choice

If you, the reader, know that Sophie's friends are acting strange because they are throwing a surprise party for her, but Sophie does not know this, you are feeling suspense due to

• stress from school

• Sophie being involved in falling action.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

Multiple Choice

In your history book, you read about a young man in the Revolutionary War who kills a British soldier. That soldier who was killed turns out to be his favorite cousin. This is an example of ..............

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

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This is an example of ..........