Introduce Irony

Irony
A contrast
between
expectation and reality.
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids
goodbye
He waited his whole life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
Situational Irony
 Occurs
when there is a contrast
between what would seem appropriate
and what really happens.When there is
a contradiction between what we expect
to happen and what really happens.
 an outcome that turns out to be very
different from what was expected.
 You
break a date with your
girlfriend so you can go to the
ball game with the guys.
 When you go to the concession
stand, you run into your date
who is with another guy.
Verbal Irony
 writer
or speaker says one thing but really
means another.
 what is said is opposite of what is meant
 "Lovely
day out" when it is raining.
 Your
date shows up in ripped up jeans and
a stained t-shirt. With a smirk, you say,
 "Oh!
I see you dressed up for our date. We
must be going to a posh restaurant."
Dramatic Irony
 When
the audience or reader knows
something that a character in a play or
story does not know.

Have you ever seen a horror movie
that has a killer on the loose?
 You,
and the rest of the audience, know
that the teenagers should not go
upstairs.

Needless to say, the teens become the
next victims.
Show what you know..
 You
trip and fall walking down the hallway
and your friend says, “Whoa, that was
smooth.”
 Verbal
Irony
 And
as the plane crashed down
he thought
 "Well
isn't this nice..."
 Verbal
Irony
How about this….
 Luke
Skywalker finds out that Darth Vader
is his father, and that the chick he's been
digging on is his own sister.
 Dramatic
Irony
Last one…
 Medieval
people believed that bathing
would harm them when in fact not bathing
led to the unsanitary conditions that
caused the bubonic plague.
 Situational
Irony

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