Irony A contrast between expectation and reality.

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye He waited his whole life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down he thought "Well isn't this nice..." And isn't it ironic... don't you think

Situational Irony Occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens.When there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really happens. an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected.

You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your date who is with another guy.

Verbal Irony writer or speaker says one thing but really means another. what is said is opposite of what is meant

"Lovely day out" when it is raining.

Your date shows up in ripped up jeans and a stained t-shirt Your date shows up in ripped up jeans and a stained t-shirt. With a smirk, you say, "Oh! I see you dressed up for our date. We must be going to a posh restaurant."

Dramatic Irony When the audience or reader knows something that a character in a play or story does not know.

      Have you ever seen a horror movie that has a killer on the loose? You, and the rest of the audience, know that the teenagers should not go upstairs. Needless to say, the teens become the next victims.

Show what you know.. You trip and fall walking down the hallway and your friend says, “Whoa, that was smooth.” Verbal Irony

And as the plane crashed down he thought "Well isn't this nice..." Verbal Irony

How about this…. Luke Skywalker finds out that Darth Vader is his father, and that the chick he's been digging on is his own sister. Dramatic Irony

Last one… Medieval people believed that bathing would harm them when in fact not bathing led to the unsanitary conditions that caused the bubonic plague. Situational Irony