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IRONY NOTES
- Irony is a literary term for a sudden twist, a ‘switcheroo,’ or a surprise ending.
- There are three kinds of irony:
- VERBAL IRONY is when you say one thing, but mean another. When it is done to hurt, it is called sarcasm.
- SITUATIONAL IRONY is when you expect one thing, but another happens.
- DRAMATIC IRONY is when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
VERBAL IRONY
Love Song
by Dorothy Parker
Your little hands,
your little feet,
your little mouth,
O God, how sweet.
Your little nose,
your little ears,
your eyes that shed
such little tears.
Your little voice,
so soft and kind,
your little soul,
your little mind.
SITUATIONAL IRONY
A Horror Story
by a SF author whose name I cannot recall or find
The last man in the world sat in a room. There came a knock on the door.
DRAMATIC IRONY
“O, Grandma, what big teeth you have!” exclaimed Little Red Riding Hood, not knowing that it was the Big Bad Wolf in her Grandma’s place.
“NO! “NO! Don’t go into the dark basement! Jason is in there!” cried someone in the Friday the Thirteenth audience.
Romeo took poison because he thought that Juliet was dead, but she only appeared to be dead.
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