Irony

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Irony

• Surprises, Twists, and Mysteries

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1. Irony

• Meaning When the audience expects something to
  happen and the opposite occurs.
• There are three types of Irony.
• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

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• Examples
• If a mayor was elected because people thought
  that he was honest and he gets caught stealing,
  it would be ironic.
• If a floored boxer lifts his head from the ground
  and says, I think Ive got him worried.

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2. Verbal Irony

• Meaning Verbal Irony is used when someone says
  one thing but means the opposite.
• Example
• The big bad wolf tells the three little pigs, I
  would love to have you over for dinner.

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4. Dramatic Irony

• Meaning When the audience or reader knows what
  will happen to a character, but that character
  does not.
• Example Horror movies the young couple goes
  for a romantic stroll at midnight with a serial
  killer on the loose.

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3. Situational Irony

• Meaning An event that is not just surprising,
  but actually contrary to what the reader or
  audience should expect.
• Example You break a date with your girlfriend
  so you can go to the ball game with the guys.
  When you get to the concession stand, you run
  into your date who is with another guy.

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Review

• After Rick leaves Ginas office with a stack of
  work, Gina makes a phone call to a friend to
  report that she has just won the lottery and will
  be quitting any day now.
• (dramatic irony)
• Rick convinces his boss that he can do Ginas
  job. The boss fires Gina and tells Rick to do
  both jobs.
• (situational irony)
• Rick then thanks his boss and says, Ill never
  forget what youve done for me.
• (verbal irony)