Directions: Read and analyze the situations below and identify the type of irony.
31. Lois Lane, a reporter at the Daily Planet, is in love with the superhero Superman. She is obsessed with him, and always asks her co-worker, Clark Kent for information about him. She thinks that Clark and Superman are friends. However, Clark is Superman in disguise and is very much in love with Lois, but she won't give Clark the time of day.
32. A son reluctantly walked outside to meet his father in the yard at 6:00 on a Saturday morning. "Are you ready to do some yard work?" his father asked. "Yeah, I can't wait," the boy replied.
33. Janice begins to receive threatening notes in the mail and in her car. Then, a car tries to run her over in a dark parking lot. She can't see who the driver is. She goes to her best friend Doug for help. However, her attacker keeps trying to kill her. Finally, Doug has her come stay with him at his cabin so she will be safe. Then, he reveals that HE is the attacker!!
34. Ashley is six feet tall. She will only date guys who are 6'3 and above. One night, she saw a guy who was less than 5 feet tall. She said, "Yeah, he definitely meets my height requirement." What is the effect of the irony in this passage?
35. Amy couldn't wait for the Christmas dance. She was so excited that she couldn't concentrate on anything else. The week leading up to it, she drew doodles of herself wearing her dress and a sparkling tiara instead of taking notes. The night before the dance, she noticed that she was getting a small pimple on her nose. It was just a tiny little mark, but she imagined herself with a great big pimple. She worried that she would look like Rudolph the Reindeer in all the photos. She grew gravely concerned. So, sh ran to the store and bought a tube of every kind of pimple fighting cream available. Then she went hom and applied large globs of each of them to her nose. She went to bed that night satisfied that she had done all that she could to fight the blemish. When she woke up, she ran to mirror hoping that the pimple had vanished. As she gazed upon herself in the mirror, she screamed. The pimple had not vanishe Worse still, a bright red rash covered her entire nose.
31. Lois Lane, a reporter at the Daily Planet, is in love with the superhero Superman. She is obsessed with him, and always asks her co-worker, Clark Kent for information about him. She thinks that Clark and Superman are friends. However, Clark is Superman in disguise and is very much in love with Lois, but she won't give Clark the time of day.
32. A son reluctantly walked outside to meet his father in the yard at 6:00 on a Saturday morning. "Are you ready to do some yard work?" his father asked. "Yeah, I can't wait," the boy replied.
33. Janice begins to receive threatening notes in the mail and in her car. Then, a car tries to run her over in a dark parking lot. She can't see who the driver is. She goes to her best friend Doug for help. However, her attacker keeps trying to kill her. Finally, Doug has her come stay with him at his cabin so she will be safe. Then, he reveals that HE is the attacker!!
34. Ashley is six feet tall. She will only date guys who are 6'3 and above. One night, she saw a guy who was less than 5 feet tall. She said, "Yeah, he definitely meets my height requirement." What is the effect of the irony in this passage?
35. Amy couldn't wait for the Christmas dance. She was so excited that she couldn't concentrate on anything else. The week leading up to it, she drew doodles of herself wearing her dress and a sparkling tiara instead of taking notes. The night before the dance, she noticed that she was getting a small pimple on her nose. It was just a tiny little mark, but she imagined herself with a great big pimple. She worried that she would look like Rudolph the Reindeer in all the photos. She grew gravely concerned. So, sh ran to the store and bought a tube of every kind of pimple fighting cream available. Then she went hom and applied large globs of each of them to her nose. She went to bed that night satisfied that she had done all that she could to fight the blemish. When she woke up, she ran to mirror hoping that the pimple had vanished. As she gazed upon herself in the mirror, she screamed. The pimple had not vanishe Worse still, a bright red rash covered her entire nose.
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31. Lois Lane's situation is an example of dramatic irony. This is because the audience knows that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, but Lois does not.
32. The situation with the son and his father is an example of situational irony. This is because the son says that he can't wait to do yard work, but the audience knows that he is probably not looking forward to it.
33. The situation with Janice and Doug is an example of dramatic irony. This is because Janice goes to Doug for help, but the audience knows that Doug is the attacker.
34. The situation with Ashley is an example of verbal irony. This is because she says that the guy meets her height requirement, but the audience knows that he does not meet her requirement at all.
35. The situation with Amy is an example of situational irony. This is because she goes to great lengths to prevent a pimple, but the end result is that she ends up with a worse problem than she started with.
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31. Lois Lane's situation is an example of dramatic irony. This is because the audience knows that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, but Lois does not.
32. The situation with the son and his father is an example of situational irony. This is because the son says that he can't wait to do yard work, but the audience knows that he is probably not looking forward to it.
33. The situation with Janice and Doug is an example of dramatic irony. This is because Janice goes to Doug for help, but the audience knows that Doug is the attacker.
34. The situation with Ashley is an example of verbal irony. This is because she says that the guy meets her height requirement, but the audience knows that he does not meet her requirement at all.
35. The situation with Amy is an example of situational irony. This is because she goes to great lengths to prevent a pimple, but the end result is that she ends up with a worse problem than she started with.
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