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English 20 Public

identifying irony

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What type of irony is this and why?

Dramatic Irony--we know what's happening to the ants but they don't!

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What type of irony is this and why?

Dramatic--we see the sign but he doesn't OR Situational--snakes don't have legs to kick!

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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?

Dramatic--the man doesn't know he is about to get a pie in the face, but the audience doe

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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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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)

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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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What type of irony is this and why?

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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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--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?

Situational--you would expect the monster to be afraid of the boy and not the other way around.

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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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Tituba "confesses" to witchcraft and is praised for being holy and good. This is an example of what kind of irony? Why?

Situational--This is ironic because telling the truth would have condemned her, while lying spares her.

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John forgets the commandment against adultery. This is an example of which kind of irony? Why?

Situational--When Reverend Hale tests him, John Proctor can recite all the Ten Commandments—except the one he himself has broken.

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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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