Mrs. Medlock Irony Practice
Identify different types of irony
- 1.In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life. On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.
- A.
Situational irony
- B.
Verbal irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
- 2.You work all afternoon cooking a fancy dinner for your boyfriend. When he takes his first bite, he spits it out into his napkin without you seeing and says to you, "Oh Sweetie, this is wonderful!"
- A.
Situational irony
- B.
Verbal irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
- 3.A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.
- A.
Situational irony
- B.
Verbal irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
- 4.In your history book, you read about a young man in the Revolutionary War who kills a British soldier. That soldier who was killed turns out to be his favorite cousin.
- A.
Verbal irony
- B.
Dramatic irony
- C.
Situational irony
- 5.Which of the following is an example of situational irony?
- A.
The cat ran away from the dog.
- B.
She told everyone what a beautiful day it was.
- C.
A vampire has a cross in his house.
- D.
Penny is beautiful.
- 6.Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, we the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?
- A.
Situational irony
- B.
Dramatic irony
- C.
Verbal irony
- 7.Which of the following is NOT an example of verbal irony?
- A.
A left handed person is called "Lefty"
- B.
A tall person is called "Shorty
- C.
An arrogant criminal gets caught.
- D.
A best selling writer's latest novel is a flop.
- 8.Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?
- A.
A mother expecting her children to do well in school, and they make the honor roll.
- B.
A man meets his long-lost son but doesn't know it, although the reader does.
- C.
A little girl can see the future.
- D.
A teacher tells her students they did well on a test, but actually they all failed.
- 9.The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.
- A.
Verbal irony
- B.
Situational irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
- 10.The student in class who had the highest grades in middle school drops out of high school. This is an example of which type of irony?
- A.
Dramatic irony
- B.
Verbal irony
- C.
Situational irony
- 11.Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is
- A.
Verbal irony
- B.
Dramatic irony
- C.
Situational irony
- 12.The discrepancy between the expected results in a situation and the actual results that occur is
- A.
Verbal irony
- B.
Dramatic irony
- C.
Situational irony
- 13.When the audience understands something that a character does not know, this is
- A.
Dramatic irony
- B.
Situational irony
- C.
Verbal irony
- 14.Sarcasm is a form of verbal irony. Which statement below demonstrates sarcasm?
- A.
A basketball fan remarks, "Watching Michael Jordan play ball knocks my socks off!"
- B.
A soccer fan remarks, "That goalie is in way over his head."
- C.
A football fan remarks, "That receiver's face was as white as a ghost, as the ball whizzed past his hands."
- D.
A baseball fan remarks, "I just love lots of homework on opening night of the World Series!"
- 15.SItuational Irony occurs when what happens in the story is what is expected to happen.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Verbal Irony is when the character says exactly what they mean.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.If you call someone who has failed a math test "Einstein" you are using a form of what type of irony?
- A.
Verbal irony
- B.
Situational irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
- 18.Dramatic Irony occurs when the reader has information that one or more of the characters does not have.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.She met the man of her dreams and then met his gorgeous wife.
- A.
Verbal irony
- B.
Situational irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
- 20.In the children's story "Little Red Riding Hood" we know that the wolf has eaten the grandmother, but Little Red Riding Hood does not know that.
- A.
Situational irony
- B.
Verbal irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
- 21.10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.
- A.
Dramatic irony
- B.
Verbal irony
- C.
Situational irony
- 22.An old man won 100 million dollars in the lottery and then died the following day.
- A.
Situational irony
- B.
Dramatic irony
- C.
Verbal irony
- 23.Bob has waited all day long to take a cigarette break. As he walks outside, he sees that a NO SMOKING sign has just been posted.
- A.
Verbal irony
- B.
Situational irony
- C.
Dramatic irony
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