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.

IronyIrony

Look, listen, and highlightLook, 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

• 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

Did you find any?Did you find any?

•What examples of irony did you find in the song?

•Why are they ironic?

•What examples of irony did you find in the song?

•Why are they ironic?

What is it?What is it?

•On your paper, take one minute to think of a definition for irony

•On your paper, take one minute to think of a definition for irony

So what is it?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

• 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

Dramatic IronyDramatic Irony

•A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know

•Ex. Romeo and Juliet

•A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know

•Ex. Romeo and Juliet

Verbal IronyVerbal Irony

•A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant

•Only with spoken words•Ex. The Scarlet Letter by:

Nathaniel Hawthorne

•A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant

•Only with spoken words•Ex. The Scarlet Letter by:

Nathaniel Hawthorne

•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.

•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.

Irony of the SituationIrony of the Situation

•A contradiction of expectation between what might be expected and what actually occurs

•Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’sRime of the Ancient Mariner

•A contradiction of expectation between what might be expected and what actually occurs

•Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’sRime of the Ancient Mariner

Water, water, every where,And all the boards did

shrink ;Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink

Water, water, every where,And all the boards did

shrink ;Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink

IronicIronic•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?

•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?

Let’s look at another example…Let’s look at another example…•An Elephant Is Hard to Hide

by Jack Prelutsky•An Elephant Is Hard to Hide

by Jack Prelutsky