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This document contains a practice worksheet on identifying different types of irony: verbal, dramatic, and situational. The worksheet contains 10 multiple choice questions asking the reader to identify which type of irony is present in each scenario. The scenarios provide examples of situations involving characters who are unaware of important information known to the audience, unintended consequences, and statements meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

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Name: - Period: - Irony Practice

This document contains a practice worksheet on identifying different types of irony: verbal, dramatic, and situational. The worksheet contains 10 multiple choice questions asking the reader to identify which type of irony is present in each scenario. The scenarios provide examples of situations involving characters who are unaware of important information known to the audience, unintended consequences, and statements meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

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Name: ___________________________________

Period: _____

Irony Practice

Circle the correct answer.

1.) When the audience or reader knows more than the characters

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

2.) When you say one thing but mean the opposite; also called sarcasm

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

3.) When something happens, but you expected the opposite to


happen

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

4.) Lois Lane, a reporter at the Daily Planet, is in love with the
superhero Superman. She is obsessed with him, and always asks her
co-worker, Clark Kent for information about him. She thinks that Clark
and Superman are friends. However, Clark is actually Superman in
disguise and is very much in love with Lois, but she won’t give Clark
the time of day. (could be two possible answers)

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

5.) A son reluctantly walked outside to meet his father in the yard at
6:00 on a Saturday morning. “Are you ready to do some yard work?”
his father asked. “Yeah, I can’t wait,” the boy replied.

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

6.) Janice begins to receive threatening notes in the mail and on her
car. Then, a car tries to run her over in a dark parking lot. She can’t
see who the driver is. She goes to her best friend Doug for help.
However, her attacker keeps trying to kill her. Finally, Doug has her
come stay with him at his cabin so she will be safe. Then, he reveals
that HE is the attacker!

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

7.) Cinderella, a penniless house slave to her step-mother and two


step-sisters, goes to a ball held for the prince. The prince believes that
Cinderella is a royal lady since she is at the ball and is so beautiful. He
falls in love with her not knowing that she is a maid in her step-
mother’s house. But the audience knows she is a poor maid, not a
beautiful lady.

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

8.) A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods.
The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path
where the woman is jogging.

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

9.) Ashley is six feet tall. She will only date guys who are 6’3 and
above. One night, she saw a guy who was less than 5 feet tall. She
said, “Yeah, he definitely meets my height requirement.”

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

10.) The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Situational irony

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