Types of Irony QUIZ

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Types of Irony

What type of irony is described in the following?

QUESTION 1 of 6

You use it everyday when you say one thing and really mean another.

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Verbal Irony

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QUESTION 2 of 6

This occurs when the audience knows something that the characters in the story, on the screen, or on the stage do not know.

Dramatic Irony

Situational Irony

Verbal Irony

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QUESTION 3 of 6

This occurs when a situation turns out to be the opposite of what you thought it would be.

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Verbal Irony

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QUESTION 4 of 6

Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion all travel to meet the Wizard of Oz, hoping to be given something they think they are missing, only to find that the Wizard is an old man with no powers, and they already had the things they were wishing for.

Verbal Irony

Dramatic Irony

Situational Irony

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QUESTION 5 of 6

In the Lion King, when Scar is about to kill his brother Mufasa, he whispers to him “Long live the King.”

Dramatic Irony

Verbal Irony

Situational Irony

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QUESTION 6 of 6

In all of the Friday the 13th movies, we know Jason is in the woods. The characters do not. When they go out into the woods we are afraid for them because we know that they are in danger.

Situational Irony

Verbal Irony

Dramatic Irony

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RESULTS

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