Irony and “The Gift” of finding it Mr. Puentes LA CLass

There are 3 types of Irony? Verbal Dramatic Situational

Verbal Irony       Verbal Irony. Verbal irony refers to spoken words only. Verbal irony occurs when a character says one thing, but suggests or intends the opposite (i.e. means another) When a late-comer is told sarcastically, “Thanks for joining us.” When people start clapping and hollering when a plate falls on the ground.

Sarcasm Sarcasm (1) used on colloquial level; bitter or cutting speech intended to wound the feelings (derived from Greek word for "to tear the flesh") (2) bully--cruel, merely to hurt All Sarcasm is verbal irony, but Not all quotes are verbal irony

Dramatic Irony Dramatic Irony--Dramatic irony is a relationship of contrast between a character's limited understanding of his or her situation in some particular moment of the unfolding action and what the audience, at the same instant, understands the character's situation actually to be. 

In other words When the audience and reader are privy to information that the characters in the book have no idea of what is happening. Example: In Titanic when the captain says we don’t need all these rescue boats because this ship will never sink.

Irony of Situation When an event occurs in a story that is the opposite of what you expect to happen. Something about the situation is completely unexpected. Example General Sedgwick’s last words were, “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” Bill Gates uses an Apple computer.

More Examples Examples: King Midas--golden touch Cooleridge's "The Ancient Mariner"--"Water, water everywhere

Homer Simpson Quotes And there's nothing wrong with hitting someone when his back is turned. I'm in a place where I don't know where I am! I am so smart, I am so smart, s-m-r-t....I mean s-m-A-r-t

Coincidence is not irony Don't confuse coincidence with irony or something that is ironic, which many people do regularly as well. A coincidence may have a parallel associated with it, but that alone doesn't qualify it as ironic.  A coincidence is the occurrence of an event, or series of events, that can happen by chance or accidentally at the same time or at different times but seem to have some connection. But actually, the things that lead to and become part of the coincidence usually don't have any connection to each other than happening by chance.

So now comes the questions. Make up your own example of each type of irony. What real life examples of irony have you seen or saw in a movie?

Look at each of these pictures and tell me why they are ironic.

Something that is ironic is unexpected. Review Something that is ironic is unexpected. If unexpected by a character, it’s dramatic. If unexpected by everyone, it’s situational. If it’s sarcasm, it’s verbal.