Irony

By: Jordan, Victoria, Andrea

Irony(ahy-rug-nee)

Irony

(ahy-rug-nee)

Dictionary definition: (noun) A pretence of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the others false conceptions.

Etymology

Greek and Latin

Greek

Latin

EtymologyLatin-ironia

Greek-eironeia

The three types of Irony

Verbal-words are used to suggest the opposite of what was meant.

Dramatic –what appears to be true about a character is not what the reader or audience knows to be true.

Situational- an event occurs that directly contradicts expectations.

Examples of dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something that the character do not.

Example of verbal Irony

A mother makes the least favorite dish for her kid and the kid tends to just sit at the dinner table playing with his food, much to the annoyance of both parents. Then when he says "Do I have to eat this now mom?" and the mother replies "Of course you don't have to eat that right now dear, you can just eat it when you're really hungry!"

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/verbal-irony-examples.html

Example of situational Irony

One of the best situational irony examples for kids would be from O Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi'. In this story, there is a Christian married couple who are very poor. So, to give each other Christmas gifts, the wife cuts off her beautiful long hair to a wig-maker for money and buys a chain for her husbands heirloom pocket watch. Meanwhile, the husband sells his heirloom watch to buy his wife pretty combs for her long and beautiful hair.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/verbal-irony-examples.html

The Effect of Irony

Irony can effect emotions that you have while reading something funny to something sad. Sometimes the emotions can be strong or they can mild.

Effect of Irony

Are you ready for a

Are you ready for a quiz?quiz?Irony quiz

Just kidding!!!!!!!!!!

First activity- Decide whether each example shows irony. If so which type of irony, and if not then why?

First Activity

Example 1: A lawyer gets sued. Example 2: A person who claims to be an expert

on irony, falsely labels something ironic.Example 3: It’s a free ride when you’ve already

paid.

Which pictures are ironic?

Basketball

Second Activity

Third Activity

Write a paragraph using irony, be creative ( tell a story). Do not use examples in presentation in paragraph. You must use irony at least four times in the paragraph.

Conclusion

IronyIrony

Definition- A pretence of

ignorance and of willingness to learn

from another assumed in order

to make the others false conceptions.

Definition- A pretence of

ignorance and of willingness to learn

from another assumed in order

to make the others false conceptions.

Etymology-Latin-ironia

Greek-eironeia

Etymology-Latin-ironia

Greek-eironeia

Pronunciation-(ahy-rug-nee)

Pronunciation-(ahy-rug-nee)

Irony can effect emotions that you have while reading something funny to something sad.

Sometimes the emotions can be

strong or they can mild.

Irony can effect emotions that you have while reading something funny to something sad.

Sometimes the emotions can be

strong or they can mild.