By: Jordan, Victoria, Andrea Irony By: Jordan, Victoria, Andrea

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. Irony (ahy-rug-nee)

Etymology Latin Greek and Latin Latin-ironia Greek-eironeia Greek

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 When the audience knows something that the character do not. http://animoto.com/play/CeMcVX9vVMboli0N3xJjSg

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 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.

Are you ready for a 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.

Second Activity Which pictures are ironic? Basketball

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 Irony Etymology-Latin-ironia Greek-eironeia Irony can effect emotions that you have while reading something funny to something sad. Sometimes the emotions can be strong or they can mild. Definition- A pretence of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the others false conceptions. Irony Etymology-Latin-ironia Greek-eironeia Pronunciation-(ahy-rug-nee)