In Oedipus Rex, the audience knows Oedipus has fulfilled the prophecy long before he realizes it. What type of irony is this? Why?
Dramatic. The audience knows more than the character.
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In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is only asleep, but Romeo thinks she’s dead.
Dramatic--we know something Romeo doesn't.
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lifesaver
Give 20 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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fairy
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banana
Go to last place!
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What type of irony is this and why?
Verbal--the speaker means the opposite because Jim fell down the stairs (he's clumsy)
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banana
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gift
Win 15 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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What type of irony is this and why?
Dramatic--we know what is interfering with the reception on the woman's TV, but she doesn't.
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What type of irony is this and why?
Verbal--the girl says she's trembling, but she isn't scared at all. She's being sarcastic.
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What type of irony is this and why?
Dramatic--they're so busy singing they don't see the waterfall.
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What type of irony is this and why?
Situational--the chicken is carrying away the woman's baby (opposite of what you would expect!)
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boom
Lose 50 points!
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magnet
Take 20 points!
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shark
Other team loses 20 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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gold
Win 50 points!
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Elizabeth urges John to go see Cheever to help them, but Cheever is the one who comes to arrest her.
Situational--it is the opposite of what they hoped for.
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At the beginning of Act II. John tells Elizabeth to pray for a fair summer. The audience already knows suspicion and hatred is brewing in Salem. What type of irony is this? Why?
Dramatic--the audience knows what the characters do not.
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When Abigail insists to Reverend Hale she has done nothing wrong yet we have already learned from Mary Warren that she drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor, this is an example of what kind of irony? Why?
Dramatic--the audience knows Abby is lying but the townspeople do not.
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A traffic cop gets their license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
Situational--the would expect a cop to obey the law.
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What type of irony is this and why?
Situational--the the man was trying to trap the beaver he got trapped BY the beaver (opposite of expectation)
