Irony or Not
"Stay Gold Pony Boy"
Not Irony
Allusion, Alluring to the Robert Frost Poem "Nothing gold can stay"
“Are we poor, Atticus?” Atticus nodded “we are indeed.” Jem's nose wrinkled. “Are we as poor as the Cumminghams?” contains an allusion to the “crash”, that is, the stock market crash of 1929, which was the Great Depression.
Allusion!
“The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer the sill of the world.” —Lord of the Flies, William Golding
This is a Metaphor
Allusion is referring to something without explaining what/where it comes from
Metaphor is comparing two alike things
Romeo and Juliet Fake Death
Yes this is Irony
Specifically Dramatic Irony
'To Kill a Mockingbird’ the main character Scout goes to school and is already able to read. Most people would expect teachers to be happy about that, Scouts teacher does not like that she is already able to read.
Irony!
‘The Princess Bride’ “When I was your age, television was called books"
This is Sarcasm, not irony
Someone who talks a lot, has nothing to say when asked a question.
Yes
This is just basic irony
"Tell me something I don't know"
Neither!
This is sarcasm, usually confused with irony
All Overgrown by Cunning Ross “The little cage of “Currer Bell” in quiet “Haworth” laid.” Allures to Currer Bell, which was the pen name for English author Charlotte Bronte.
Yes this is Allusion