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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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • 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
  • What type of irony is this and why?
    Dramatic Irony--we know what's happening to the ants but they don't!
  • 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.
  • What type of irony is this and why?
    Situational--the chicken is carrying away the woman's baby (opposite of what you would expect!)
  • 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.
  • A traffic cop gets their license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
    Situational--the would expect a cop to obey the law.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • What type of irony is this and why?
    Dramatic--they're so busy singing they don't see the waterfall.
  • 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!
  • What type of irony is this and why?
    Verbal--the speaker means the opposite because Jim fell down the stairs (he's clumsy)
  • 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.
  • In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is only asleep, but Romeo thinks she’s dead.
    Dramatic--we know something Romeo doesn't.
  • A student looks at a failing grade on their essay and mutters, “Well, that went well.”
    Verbal--they say the opposite of what they mean. It did not go well.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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