Lessons on Irony

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 on board the ambulance is killed.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic 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

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

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, we the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own 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

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 gets 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 do 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.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic 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
• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony

Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony