IRONY• Irony is a difference between the

appearance and the reality; the opposite of what is expected or intended.

• There are three essential types of irony.

Dramatic Irony• Dramatic irony is when the audience

knows what is happening before the characters do.

• For example, many horror movies utilize dramatic irony. We know that the actor or actress should not open the door at the end of the long, dark hallway, but they don’t know.

Situational Irony

• Situational irony is a contrast between what the reader expects to happen and what actually happens.

Verbal Irony

• Verbal irony is a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant.

• In essence, verbal irony is when we say one thing but really mean another, similar to sarcasm.

Ironic or just coincidence?

ALANIS MORISSETTE “Isn’t It Ironic”

Or is it?

ALANIS MORISSETTE “Isn’t It Ironic”

An old man turned ninety-eightHe won the lottery and died the next day

It's a black fly in your ChardonnayIt's a death row pardon two minutes too late

It's like rain on your wedding dayIt's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

A traffic jam when you're already lateA no-smoking sign on your cigarette break

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

Your Job

•Fix one of the lines from her song to actually make it ironic!

ALANIS MORISSETTE “Isn’t It Ironic”

•It’s finally ironic!

An old man turned ninety-eightHe won the lottery and died the next day

from a severe paper cut from his lottery ticketIt's a black fly in your Chardonnay

that was specifically purchased to repel black fliesIt's a death row pardon

causes your demise, because you leave the jail and then you get hit by a bus

It's like rain on your wedding day

A day and place you chose, because it’s known to not rain.It's a free ride

but you get mugged on that ride

A traffic jam when

you left early because you’re afraid of being late, but leaving early causes a crash, which

causes you to be late

A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break

that you asked be put up when you quit smoking. Now you started again, but you can’t

smoke because of the no-smoking sign.

It's like ten thousand spoons

that you bought with your only knife. Now all you need is a knife and you only have spoons.