Setting

Question 1

Verbal irony

Answer 1

Verbal irony: saying something and meaning the other
(good country people) sarcasm and cutting

for example, saying that you love to have 4 papers due on the same day is a verbal irony

Question 2

dramatic irony

Answer 2

Dramatic irony: when the speaker unlike the reader does not realize the ironic dimensions of their words

Question 3

structual irony

Answer 3

Structural irony: the outcome is the opposite of what is intended, the character may make observations but the narrator makes clear that it is due to their lack of maturity

(death of Ivan) he acts in a way that is negative but the narrator shows that he acts this way because of his lack of maturity and he finally reaches peace at the end due to his love of his son

Question 4

tragic irony

Answer 4

Tragic irony: irony of intension, meaning the significance of the characters’ word or actions are clear to theaudience but not to the character himself (much ado)