1. IRONY AND FORESHADOWING ENGLISH I-A

2. W HAT IS I RONY ? Irony is defined as…. “The use of a word to convey meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning” ex. Saying, “My you’ve made a mess of things” to a hostess who has made a wonderful dinner. (verbal) OR “When the opposite of what expected happens” ex. You wash your car and then it rains. (situational) OR “When the reader or audience are aware of something that the characters in the story are not.” ex. Romeo and Juliet planning for a happy future. (dramatic) AND Sarcasm is also one kind of irony that is praise meant as an insult; can involve malice, the desire to put someone down.

3. EXAMPLES OF IRONY What is ironic about this picture?

4. EXAMPLS OF IRONY What is ironic about this picture?

5. IRONIC OR NOT? … a softball coach taught us a new way to swing the bat to make the ball go further, but when she tried it the ball only made it to the pitcher's mound...

6. IRONIC OR NOT? The fire safety lectures at work were cancelled as the screen caught fire.

7. IRONIC OR NOT? A “straight-A” student is afraid to take AP classes

8. IRONIC OR NOT? Cat food smells the same on the way in, as it does on the way out.

9. W HAT IS FORESHADOWING The organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work. FORESHADOWING is kind of like a PREVIEW for what will happen later in the story

10. EXAMPLES OF FORESHADOWING Based on this picture, what will happen in the movie?

11. EXAMPLES OF FORESHADOWING

12. EXIT SLIP Are the following examples of irony situational, dramatic, or verbal? 1. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles in which Oedipus searches to find the murderer of the former king of Thebes, only to discover that it is himself, which is known to the audience all along. 2. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge: Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink 3. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man"