Diction -- Irony

Question 1

What is irony?

Answer 1

Incongruity between appearance/expectation and reality

Question 2

Dramatic irony

Answer 2

Incongruity in which the audience knows more than the characters

Question 3

Dramatic irony example

Answer 3

Romeo and Juliet, slasher movies

Question 4

Situational irony

Answer 4

Incongruity between audiences expectation and the outcome

Question 5

Situational example

Answer 5

Missing basically two weeks of school before thanksgiving break because of a windstorm

Question 6

Verbal irony

Answer 6

Incongruity between what someone says and what is true

Question 7

Verbal example

Answer 7

I’m so excited to wake up early on saturday and take the SAT