IRONY “THE LANDLADY”

SITUATIONAL IRONY a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONAL IRONY A fire station burns down The marriage counselor files for divorce The police station gets robbed Posting on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is A vegan never eats meat but has some sausage pizza because he is hungry The traffic cop got his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets A pilot had a fear of heights The teacher failed the test A man who needed of medical assistance is run over by the ambulance.

DRAMTIC IRONY Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't.

DRAMTIC IRONY In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.

DRAMTIC IRONY *As an audience member, you realize that if a character walks into an abandoned warehouse, chances are a killer is waiting... but because you are a member of the audience you cannot disclose the information to the character. * In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged state and he thinks she is dead. He kills himself. When Juliet wakes up she finds Romeo dead and kills herself.

REASON FOR DRAMTIC IRONY: Many writers use dramatic irony as an effective tool to sustain and excite the readers’ interest. Since this form of irony creates a contrast between situation of characters and the episodes that unfolds, it generates curiosity. By allowing the audience to know important facts ahead of leading characters, dramatic irony puts the audience and readers above the characters, and also encourages them to anticipate, hope and fear the moment when a character would learn the truth behind events and situations of a story. More often, this irony occurs in tragedies where readers are lead to sympathize with leading characters

VERBAL IRONY a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

VERBAL IRONY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiR-bnCHIYo

VERBAL IRONY This chair is as comfortable as sitting on nails. That dog is as friendly as a rattlesnake. The wind was as welcome as a monsoon. I enjoyed the movie as much as getting a root canal. The steak was as tender as a leather boot.

Define the following words using: Foreshadow Prediction Façade Congenial Tantalizing Rapacious Emanate

CHARACTER QUESTIONS *Who are the characters? *What is the setting of the story? *Why does Billy walk “briskly” down the road? *What does the sign in the window of the old house say? *What imagery does Dahl use to make the boarding house seem warm and inviting?

CHARACTER QUESTIONS *What characteristics does the landlady have that make her seem trustworthy? *List at least four things that the landlady does that seem strange or unusual. *Billy doesn’t finish his sentence about Christopher Mulholand. What was he about to say? Why was he interrupted?

CHARACTER QUESTIONS Why is it frightening when the landlady says Mr. Temple had perfect skin “just like a baby’s”? Where are the previous guests? How do you think the story ends for Billy? What is the theme of this story?

Figurative Language: Identify what is being compared and tell what it means in the story.   Find four similes. Find one metaphor. Find two examples of imagery. Find two examples of personification.

Conflict: Identify one example of internal and one external conflict in the story.

Characterization: Identify a dynamic character in the story. Identify a static character in the story. Write one example of direct characterization. 4. Write one example of indirect characterization.