Types of Irony
The type where what the person SAYS is the opposite of what they mean.
Verbal irony
Who is the main character/ narrator of The Outsiders?
Ponyboy
Name one Soc
Cherry, Bob, Randy, Marcia
When graphing a function rule, a _________________ graph is composed of distinct, isolated points.
discrete
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
The type where the audience knows something while reading/watching that the characters do not yet know.
Dramatic irony
Bob, Dally, Johnny
Put the Curtis brothers in order from oldest to youngest.
Darry, Sodapop, Ponyboy
This scientist has laws named after him that are used to explain why seat belts keep you safe during sudden stops.
Who is Newton (or Sir Issac Newton)?
The overall message of a piece of work- the life lesson the reader should gain from reading it.
Theme
The type where the audience is expecting one thing to happen, but the opposite happens at the end.
Situational irony
What is the last thing that Johnny says before he dies?
"Stay Gold, Ponyboy"
What was Sodapop's horse's name?
Mickey Mouse
Jupiter
A "sound" type word- BOOM, BANG, POP, BUZZ
Onomatopoeia
What was the type of irony that happened in the short story "Examination Day"?
Situational
Where do the boys run away to after killing Bob (and AFTER going to Dally's house)?
Jay Mountain
What did Ponyboy and Johnny eat so much of when they ran away that Ponyboy couldn't eat any more of?
Bologna sandwiches
What law forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation Act (Also known as the Proclamation of 1763)
Extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
Mrs. Cook gets up on Thursday morning, ready to take on the day. She is excited about what the students will be doing in class that day. She heads off to school, stopping at Dunkin' for an iced coffee. Little does she know, at that exact moment, one of her students is planning revenge for the poor grade they received in her class. She will have a mess to clean up when she arrives at the school.
What type of irony is this?
Dramatic- the reader knows something Mrs. Cook does not.
This character: Love school so much that he still chooses to attend it even though he's a junior at age 18, his real name is Keith, he's has a precious switchblade.
Two-Bit
What was the name of the character who Dally is actually friends with, even though they repeatedly beat each other up?
Tim Shepherd
The following formula is used to find the Volume of what 3 dimensional shape? V = πr2h
V=(pi)r2h
B. Cylinder
When one piece of literature references another piece of literature.
Allusion