1. Irony

2. Example: a fire station burns down
Situational: something happens that we wouldn’t expect to happen
Definition: a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
Example: a fire station burns down
A fire station burns down
Bill Gates uses an Apple computer.
irony
Dramatic: the reader knows something the characters do not
Verbal: what is said is different than what is meant
In Home Alone, we know that Kevin has planted traps every where, but the thieves don’t!
Tim’s parents are proud of the “A” he got on the test, but we know he cheated.
“The boy’s locker room smells really good.”
“Awesome! Another homework packet, and it’s due tomorrow!”

3. Identify the following examples of irony as situational, dramatic, or verbal…
1. After unsubscribing to a company’s s, the company sends you another to confirm your unsubscribing.

4. SITUATIONAL IRONY

5. 2. In The Gift of Magi by O. Henry, the wife cuts her hair to sell it in order to have the money to buy her husband a pocket watch chain. Meanwhile, the husband sells his watch to buy the wife a hair accessory.

6. SITUATIONAL IRONY

7. 3. In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move while the audience is aware

8. DRAMATIC IRONY

9. 4. A tree falls on the house of an arborist (one who deals with the preserving and removal of trees).

10. SITUATIONAL IRONY

11. 5. A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify
5. A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “wonderful weather we’re having!”

12. VERBAL IRONY

13. 6. A marriage counselor decides to file for divorce.

14. SITUATIONAL IRONY

15. 7. In Romeo and Juliet, the former thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows that she only took a sleeping potion.

16. DRAMATIC IRONY

17. 8. In King Lear, the audience knows from the beginning that Lear’s loyal daughter is Cordelia, but Lear does not see this

18. SITUATIONAL IRONY

19. 9. In literature, Mark Antony’s speech following the assassination of Caesar: Mark Antony’s speech praises the assassin Brutus as an ambitious and honorable man while at the same time condemning him.

20. VERBAL IRONY

21. 10. In the Truman show, the audience knows the show for what it is, a show. However, Truman only learns this as the movie progresses.

22. DRAMATIC IRONY