Irony, Types of Irony!
Situational Irony
A fire erupts at the fire station.
Dramatic Irony
A fisherman sits peacefully in his boat, but the audience sees a giant shark lurking just below.
Dramatic Irony
A man breaks into a house from an upstairs window, but the babysitter does not know he is there.
Situational Irony
A marriage counselor gets divorced.
Situation Irony
A pilot who is afraid of heights.
Verbal Irony
I hate cake!
Verbal Irony
I love going to the dentist to get my cavities filled.
Verbal Irony
That was a clear as mud.
Situational Irony
The teacher failed her own test.
Verbal Irony
When a person says the opposite of what they mean.
Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows more than the character.
Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows the characters cannot hear the toys speaking, but the toys do not.
Situational Irony
When the opposite of what is supposed to happen, happens.
Dramatic Irony
Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she simply drank a sleeping potion.
Verbal Irony
Saying one thing but meaning the opposite.
Verbal Irony
As warm as Alaska in winter.
Situational Irony
The Titanic, advertised as an unsinkable ship, hits an iceberg and sinks.
Dramatic Irony
There is a serial-killer, scary man in the house. The people watching the movie know this, but the party of cheerleaders in the movie don't, so they go inside to their death!
Verbal Irony
This chair is about as comfortable as a bed of nails.
Situational Irony
When the opposite of what we expect occurs
Dramatic Irony
When the reader or audience knows something the characters don't.
Situational Irony
You'll never believe it! My English teacher just failed her book report!