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Irony

Irony. Look, listen, and highlight. Listen to the following song and follow along with the lyrics Highlight anything that you think could be irony Be prepared to state why. Ironic. Lyrics. Did you find any?. What examples of irony did you find in the song? Why are they ironic?.

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Irony

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  1. Irony

  2. Look, listen, and highlight • Listen to the following song and follow along with the lyrics • Highlight anything that you think could be irony • Be prepared to state why

  3. Ironic Lyrics

  4. Did you find any? • What examples of irony did you find in the song? • Why are they ironic?

  5. What is it? • On your paper, take one minute to think of a definition for irony

  6. So what is it? • A Figure of speech • A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant or between what might be expected and what actually occurs • Often connected to a fatalistic or pessimistic view of life

  7. Dramatic Irony • A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know • Ex. Romeo and Juliet

  8. Verbal Irony • A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant • Only with spoken words • Ex. The Scarlet Letter by: Nathaniel Hawthorne

  9. Dimmesdale confesses to his congregation that he is the “worst of sinners.” but his congregation “did but reverence him the more”; they said that if “a saint on earth” could find sin in himself than they must truly be terrible. Dimmesdale wants the people to shun him as they did Hester, but they do and say the exact opposite

  10. Irony of the Situation • A contradiction of expectation between what might be expected and what actually occurs • Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner

  11. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink

  12. Ironic • Which type of irony is each example in Ironic? • Go back with a partner and label each example either dramatic, verbal, or situational • What type of irony was used the most?

  13. Let’s look at more examples… • Turn to page 587 in your red grammar textbooks to read more about irony

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