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Irony and Ambiguity

Irony and Ambiguity. Vocabulary. Irony. Definition The difference between what we expect to happen and what actually happens. There are three main types of irony: Verbal Situational Dramatic. Verbal Irony. Definition Occurs when someone says one thing but MEANS the opposite.

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Irony and Ambiguity

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  1. Irony and Ambiguity Vocabulary

  2. Irony • Definition • The difference between what we expect to happen and what actually happens. • There are three main types of irony: • Verbal • Situational • Dramatic

  3. Verbal Irony • Definition • Occurs when someone says one thing but MEANS the opposite. • Example: “Thanks for your support,” the football player said to the coach when he was cut from the team.

  4. Situational Irony • Definition: • An event is not just surprising but is the OPPOSITE of what we had expected. • Example: A thief is hired to guard the bank safe.

  5. Dramatic Irony • Definition: • Takes place when we know what is going to happen to the character but the character does not know. • Example: We know, but Roger does not know, that Suzie is going to hit him when he walks around the corner.

  6. Ambiguity • Definition: • A quality that allows readers to interpret a story or other work in more than one way. • Ambiguity is not something that can be cleared up by careful interpretation. • Often times, writers will deliberately make stories ambiguous to show that life itself can be interpreted in more than one way.

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