Dramatic Irony--we know what's happening to the ants but they don't!
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Dramatic--we know what is interfering with the reception on the woman's TV, but she doesn't.
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Situational--you would expect the monster to be afraid of the boy and not the other way around.
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Dramatic--they're so busy singing they don't see the waterfall.
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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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Verbal--the woman means the opposite of what she says. Santa Claus is generous but this man is stingy because he only tipped her a quarter.
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Situational--the chicken is carrying away the woman's baby (opposite of what you would expect!)
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Verbal--the speaker means the opposite because Jim fell down the stairs (he's clumsy)
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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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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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In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is only asleep, but Romeo thinks sheโs dead.
Dramatic--we know something Romeo doesn't.
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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.