Verbal, Dramatic, and Situational Irony

Verbal

"I suppose you've got young Don all upset about the fact that his daughter is already six months old and hasn't yet begun to learn to dance."

Situational

A woman who is six month pregnant murders her cop husband.

Situational

Description of the actual collision between the Titanic and the iceberg. "There was a slight shock, a brief scraping, and a small list to port."

Dramatic

O, Hear us when we cry to thee For those in peril on the sea.- sung as a breakfast hymnal the morning before the Titanic sinks.

Dramatic

The image on the screen shows the masked killer waiting just inside the door of the house knife in hand. The young woman slowly places her hand on the door knob to enter the room unaware of the danger lurking on the other side.

Dramatic

The policemen eat the murder weapon at Mary's request.

Verbal

a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

Situational

occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected

Situational

Roses are normally symbolic of Love. This symbol is associated with Miss Strangeworth in "The Possibility of Evil".

Verbal

As I crunched my foot into the end-table I said "That felt great!"

Situational

As the Titanic first begins to sink, the band plays upbeat ragtime music as if they were at a party instead of at a disaster.

Situational

In "The Possibility of Evil" Miss Strangeworth seems like a stereotypical old woman, but in reality she is extremely mean spirited.

Dramatic

It'd be doing a favor to me if you'd eat it up (the leg of lamb"- Mary Maloney

Verbal

Jason looked at Vivian's messy hair and says, "You look great!"

Situational

John knows that he is his wealthy grandmother's favorite grandson. When she passes away he is sure that she will leave him a lot of money. John goes out and charges a new 70 inch 3D TV knowing he will be able to pay it off with his inheritance money. When John's grandmothers will is read all of the money goes to charity.

Dramatic

The Harris boy is going to deliver Miss Strangeworth's letter directly to Don Crane instead of letting the mailman deliver it.

Dramatic

The audience knows something that the characters in the story do not know., occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening

Dramatic

You are introduced to a character that is missing an arm early in a story. You go back in time and see he still has his arm. You are constantly watching this man to see how he will lose the arm (hot tub time machine).