Irony
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Definition: The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny.
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Situational Irony
Situational irony occurs when the final outcome is contradictory to what was expected.
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Examples Of Situational Irony
1-A child runs away from someone throwing a water balloon at him and falls into the pool.
2-A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
3-A vegan never eats meat but has some sausage pizza because he is hungry.
4-The police station gets robbed.
5-A pilot had a fear of heights.
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Dramatic Irony
In literature, a plot device in which the audience’s or reader’s knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters.
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Examples of Dramatic Irony
1-Two people are engaged to be married but the audience knows that the man is planning to run away with another woman.
2-In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.
3- In Toy Story, the toys move when the people are not there. Also, Buzz thinks he is a real space ranger.
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4- In a movie where a detective does not know that the criminal responsible for the crimes in the city is his partner.
5- The audience however is already aware of this fact and waits anxiously to know what will happen once the character finds out what they already know
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Verbal Irony
Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says.
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There are two types of verbal irony:
Overstatement – when a person exaggerates the character of something.
Understatement – when a person undermines the character of something.
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Examples of Verbal Irony
1-The cake is as soft as concrete
2- Water is as clear as mud.
3- Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"
4- Great! There will be an exam.
5- As sunny as day in winter in Alaska.
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