Understanding Irony
A worksheet for 7th graders to understand and identify different types of irony in literature and everyday situations.
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Understanding Irony
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand different types of irony.
Irony is a literary device that involves a contrast or incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. There are three main types of irony:
1. Verbal Irony: When a speaker says one thing but means the opposite.
2. Situational Irony: When the outcome of a situation is contrary to what was expected.
3. Dramatic Irony: When the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not.
1. A fire station burns down. What type of irony is this?
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
None of the above
2. When a character says, "Oh, fantastic!" after spilling coffee on their new shirt, they are using .
3. In a horror movie, the audience knows the killer is hiding in the closet, but the character walks right past it. This is an example of .
4. Describe a situation from your own experience or imagination that demonstrates situational irony.
Match each example with the correct type of irony.
5. A police station gets robbed.
a. Verbal Irony
6. Saying "What a beautiful day!" during a thunderstorm.
b. Situational Irony
7. The audience knows a character is going to propose, but the other character has no idea.
c. Dramatic Irony
8. Sarcasm is a form of verbal irony.
True
False