This goes over the three types of irony.

1. An introduction
Irony

2. What does is mean?
When what is
intended is the
opposite of what
happens!

3. Types of Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony

4. Situational Irony
 The opposite of what is expected
happens!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqg6
RO8c_W0
 Examples:
When Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt to
keep the peace between the families
but ends up killing Tybalt escalating

5. Verbal Irony
 When what is said is the opposite of what is
meant.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiR-
bnCHIYo
 Example: After Romeo kills Tybalt and is
banished, Juliet tells her mother how she
wishes she could go to Romeo that evening.
Her mom thinks Juliet wants to find Romeo
and kill him. What she really means is she
wants to go to him and enjoy intimate marital

6. Dramatic Irony
 When the audience knows things the
characters do not
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZF
YuX84n1U
 Example: We know Juliet has taken a
sleeping potion. Everyone else, except
Friar Lawrence, thinks she is dead.

7. Let’s practice!
 https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=e
xamples+of+irony
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZW2Eh2xZK
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1bfOBBl6pQ