3 Types of Irony
Irony
Situational Irony
The exact opposite of what you expect to happen examples: Cat chases dog
Olympic swimmer drowns
Fire at the firefighters station
Verbal Irony
When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means (aka sarcasm) examples: when its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather is occuring when you make a mistake and your friend says nice job
Dramatic Irony
You are in a secret that the rest of the characters dont know examples: In t.v. shows when the character is unknowing about what is behind the door, but you that it is something bad. soap operas have a lot of Dramatic Irony !
Many people may get confused with what is and what is not irony.
So here are a few tips on how to make sure something is ,in fact, ironic.
Number 1: Make sure you pinpoint the character or characters involved
Number 2: Define their characteristics
example:
For situational Irony...
Scenario: Someone drowns at a pool party
Okay so in the first step you must know the character... which is a described as a normal person.
Their is no specific charcteristics.
Number 3: What is happening and/or where?
(continued) So the person is at a pool party, and they drowned. Some peope may say this is ironic just because it was at a pool party, but that is not true. To be ironic it had to be COMPLETELY unexpected. The person was normal.
. and all normal people have a high chance at drowning. But if the person was an olympic swimmer, they it would be ironic because of the great unlikely hood that a person who swims for a living would drown.
Situational Irony
The exact opposite of what you expect to happen examples: Cat chases dog
Olympic swimmer drowns
Fire at the firefighters station
Verbal Irony
When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means (aka sarcasm) examples: when its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather is occuring when you make a mistake and your friend says nice job
Dramatic Irony
You are in a secret that the rest of the characters dont know examples: In t.v. shows when the character is unknowing about what is behind the door, but you that it is something bad. soap operas have a lot of Dramatic Irony !
Many people may get confused with what is and what is not irony.
So here are a few tips on how to make sure something is ,in fact, ironic.
Number 1: Make sure you pinpoint the character or characters involved
Number 2: Define their characteristics
example:
For situational Irony...
Scenario: Someone drowns at a pool party
Okay so in the first step you must know the character... which is a described as a normal person.
Their is no specific charcteristics.
Number 3: What is happening and/or where?
(continued) So the person is at a pool party, and they drowned. Some peope may say this is ironic just because it was at a pool party, but that is not true. To be ironic it had to be COMPLETELY unexpected. The person was normal.
. and all normal people have a high chance at drowning. But if the person was an olympic swimmer, they it would be ironic because of the great unlikely hood that a person who swims for a living would drown.