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Situational Irony

Situational Irony. Situational irony is an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. Examples of Situational Irony. A fire station burns down. A police man gets arrested. A hairdresser having a bad hair day.

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Situational Irony

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  1. Situational Irony • Situational irony is an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected.

  2. Examples of Situational Irony • A fire station burns down. • A police man gets arrested. • A hairdresser having a bad hair day. • A pick pocket stealing money from a pick pocket that had stolen from him. • Stepping aside to avoid a puddle and falling into a swimming pool. • Donald Trump getting “fired.” • Snooki lecturing at the ivy league school, Rutgers University.

  3. Directions • On a separate sheet of notebook paper number 1-4. • Be sure to write your name! You will be turning this in.

  4. NUMBER 1:Write 1-2 sentences explaining how this picture is an example of situational irony. What is ironic about the picture?

  5. NUMBER 2:Write 1-2 sentences explaining how this picture is an example of situational irony.

  6. NUMBER 3:Write 1-2 sentences explaining how this picture is an example of situational irony.

  7. Your Turn • NUMBER 4:come up with your own example of situational irony and write it for Number 4. (1-2 sentences). • HELP:Definition of Situational Irony • Situational Irony is an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. • You expect something to happen a certain way, however, it doesn’t work out at all like you expected. • What makes it ironic is the fact that you wouldn’t expect that to happen—think about the fire station burning down or policeman being arrested.

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