Isn't It Ironic?

In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully, to save her life. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance is hit by a semi-truck, and everyone onboard the ambulance is killed.

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• No Irony

You work all afternoon cooking a fancy dinner for your boyfriend. When he takes his first bite, he spits it out into his napkin without you seeing and says to you, "Oh Sweetie, this is wonderful!"

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• No irony

A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• No irony

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.

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• No irony

Which of the following is an example of situational irony?

• The cat ran away from the dog.

• She told everyone what a beautiful day it was.

• A vampire has a cross in his house.

• Penny is beautiful.

Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, the audience knows that Juliet is not dead; she merely took a potion to make it look like she died for her motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• No irony

Which of the following is NOT an example of verbal irony?

• A left handed person is called "Lefty."

• A tall person is called "Shorty."

• An arrogant criminal is caught.

• A best selling writer's latest novel is a flop.

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

• A mother expecting her children to well in school, and they make the honor roll.

• A man meets his long-lost son but doesn't know it, although the reader does.

• A little girl can see the future.

• A teacher tells her students they did well on a test, but actually they all failed.

The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• No irony

The student in class who had the highest grades in middle school drops out of high school. This is an example of which type of irony?

• Dramatic irony

• No irony

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony