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The cashier, named Candy, works at a sugar free doughnut shop. She tells a rude customer, "Have a nice day."
 
situational and verbal
 
dramatic and verbal
 
situational
 
verbal
Martin, a highly decorated winner of many math contests, fails his spelling test.
 
not irony
 
verbal
 
situational
 
dramatic
Lucinda, a highly decorated winner of many spelling bees, fails her spelling test.
 
situational
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
situational and dramatic
The two men were lost in the desert. They were literally almost dying of thirst. One remembered that there is a small lake about 5 miles away near a giant oak tree. When they got there, they realized it was salt water! "Nice!" they said.
 
situational and verbal
 
dramatic
 
verbal
 
situational and dramatic
The two adult children of an elderly woman fill out forms to place their mother in a nursing home. Meanwhile, in another room, the woman is cheerfully packing her things as she prepares to move in with her son.
 
dramatic
 
situational
 
verbal
 
not irony
An off-duty traffic police officer is caught speeding and is given a ticket by an officer who is the daughter of a judge.Not knowing this, the off-duty officer tries to bribe her to not give him the ticket.
 
dramatic and situational
 
verbal
 
situational
 
dramatic and verbal
I was playing outfielder. I looked up. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me
 
not irony
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
situational
Timmy Honest´s parents are proud of the “A” he got on the test, but we know he cheated.
 
dramatic and situational
 
verbal
 
situational
 
dramatic
Look at the image. Identify the type of irony that is present.
 
dramatic
 
situational
 
verbal
 
none of the above
A girl named Patience is teasing her friend for having mud on his face but she doesn’t know that she also has mud on her face.
 
dramatic irony
 
situational irony
 
verbal irony
 
dramatic and situational
The author of the book "How to Buy Reliable Cars" missed his book signing event because his new car broke down.
 
situational
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
not irony
Students watch as thunder crashes and rain pours down outside on the day of their field trip to the metro park. “Look, the weather is perfect!” says the teacher.
 
verbal
 
situational
 
dramatic
 
not irony
The principal walked into Ms. Taylor´s classroom and asked the class if they would like a pizza party. "They would hate that!" she replied.
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
situational
 
not irony
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Hermione goes into the bathroom, not knowing that there is a giant mountain troll inside. The readers knew the troll was there.
 
dramatic
 
verbal
 
situational
 
not irony
In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the computer HAL 9000 was designed to help the explorers with their mission, but eventually will not listen to the commands of the people and tries to destroy them.
 
situational
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
not irony
Emmalyn wore a bright, neon green dress to the dance. Her friend Chloe also showed up with the same dress. They got into a heated argument and were suspended.
 
not irony
 
verbal
 
situational
 
dramatic
In the novel Wonder, Julian and his mother try to get Auggie kicked out of school. It turns out that Julian is the one who doesn’t return for the following school year.
 
situational
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
not irony
A woman is paranoid about bugs in her apartment and thinks they will harm her. She buys hundreds of dollars of products and chemical sprays to keep the bugs away, but the chemicals eventually poison her, and she dies.
 
situational
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
not irony
When standing in front of a grand mansion, Tom says, “This place is a dump.”
 
verbal
 
situational
 
dramatic
 
not irony
Milan is a girl who pretends to be an man in order to join the military. The viewers know she is really a woman, but she fools the men in the army.
 
dramatic
 
situational
 
verbal
 
not irony
“The Gift of the Magi” depicts a married couple who buy each other Christmas gifts while having little money. The wife cuts off and sells her hair to buy her husband a watch chain. The husband sells his watch to buy her a hairbrush.
 
dramatic
 
verbal
 
situational
 
not irony
Look at the image. Identify the type of irony that is used.
 
verbal
 
dramatic
 
situational
 
not irony
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