Vocabulary
A synonym for this word is annoyed
Vexed
What is said is the opposite of what is meant
Verbal Irony
The audience (Us)
How old was Edgar Allan Poe when his mother died?
3 years old
A synonym for this word is careful
Wary
A synonym for this word is severe
Acute
We know something a character doesn't know
Dramatic Irony
Why did the narrator kill the old man?
He didn't like his evil eye
What was Edgar Allan Poe known as
"The Father of The Detective Story"
A synonym for this word is gestures
Gesticulations
A synonym for this word is ridicule
Derision
What happens is the opposite of what you think will happen
Situational Irony
Who came to the narrator's door at night?
The police officers
After he died
A synonym for this word is held back
Refrained
A synonym for this word is bold
Audacity
Sarcasm is an example of this type of irony
Verbal Irony
A synonym for this word is
Intelligence
I talked more quickly-more ______
Vehemently
In "The Tell-Tale Heart" this type of irony was shown when we knew that the narrator was plotting to kill the old man but the old man did not know.
Dramatic Irony
Suavity