Irony Slides

A pilot with a fear of heights

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

What type of irony is this ?

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

What type of irony is this?

• verbal

• dramatic

• situational

What is verbal irony?

• what is said is different than what is meant

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

• what happens is the opposite of what is expected

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

• dramatic

• situational

• verbal

Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she drank a sleeping potion.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• No Irony

When the audience knows more than the character

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• This is not a type of irony.

Saying the opposite of what you mean

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• No Irony

When the opposite of what we expect occurs.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• No Irony

A pilot is afraid of heights.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• No Irony