Irony Quiz

When the reader or audience knows something the characters don't.

• Static Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

When the opposite of what is supposed to happen, happens.

• Author's Point of View

• Author's Purpose

• Irony

• Connotation

When a person or character says the opposite of what they mean.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

“I’m sorry, sir, but this flight has been delayed by three hours,” the airline clerk explained to my uncle. “Awesome,” he replied.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Monster’s Inc. is a corporation run by monsters. Their job is to scare children, but the audience knows that they are the ones who are afraid of the children.

• DRAMATIC

• SITUATIONAL

• VERBAL

• NONE

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

In Star Wars, the audience knows that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father, but Luke doesn’t learn this until Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

A prisoner spends months digging an underground tunnel leading out of his cell. His plan is flawed, though, and he ends up emerging in the warden’s backyard, where he is promptly caught and returned to prison with additional time added to his sentence.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

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

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• none

Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

• not ironic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following is an example of situational irony?

• Failing a test you did not study for

• A seagull that dives for dropped food on the beach

• Falling face first into a large cake you were trying to carry

• A cat that is terrified of mice