1. Irony

2. Irony
the use of words where the meaning is the opposite of their usual meaning or what is expected to happen.
There are three different types of irony:
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic

3. Situational Irony
When something happens that is the opposite of what you would expect.
For example:
A tow truck breaks down.
Michael Jordan wearing LeBron sneakers.
Dr. Oz getting sick.

4. Verbal Irony
When what is said (by you or a character) is the opposite of what you mean, or the opposite of what is true.
For example:
“Wow that explanation was as clear as mud.”
“I just got a full scholarship to Harvard—no big deal.”
Wow! They’re cutting summer down to just one month? That sounds awesome!!!

5. Dramatic Irony
This occurs when the implications of a situation, speech, etc., are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play or movie
For example::
Watching a hero break free while the villain reveals his or her evil plan
When you see the killer in the horror movie creep up behind someone.

6. Dramatic Irony

7. Characters
Protagonists and Antagonists
Dynamic and Static

8. Protagonists and Antagonists
The leading character
Not necessarily the “good guy”, the person we follow throughout the story
The character or force that works against the protagonist
Could be another character, could be a natural element, could be the protagonist’s own internal struggle

9. Example (Of Mice and Men)
Protagonist (George)
Antagonist (Curley)

10. Static and Dynamic Characters
A character that is never-changing—he or she does not evolve or grow over the course of the story
A character that grows over the course of the story

11. Example (The Dead Poet’s Society)
Static
Dynamic
Neil’s Father
Todd Anderson