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) when Its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather Is occurring when you make a mistake and your friend says nice Job Dramatic Irony You are in a secret that the rest of the characters don’t know examples: In t. V. Shows when the character is unknowing about what is behind the door, but you that it is something bad. AP operas have a lot of Dramatic Irony I 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 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.. Normal person. Their is no specific characteristics. Number 3: What is happening and/or where? . Which Is a described as a continued) So the person Is at a pool party, and they drowned.
Some pope 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. 3 Types of Irony By Sashayed when its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather is occurring when you o that it is something bad. Pop operas have a lot of Dramatic Irony ! Normal person. Their is no specific characteristics. . Which is a described as a (continued) So the person is at a pool party, and they drowned. Some pope may say this is ironic Just because it was at a pool party, but that is not true. To be ironic it 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.