Situational Irony: the opposite of what you expect actually happens, An English teacher forgets how to spell a simple word, A fire station catches on fire., A lifeguard drowns while swimming, A professional chef burns their own dinner at home, A police officer gets pulled over and given a speeding ticket., Verbal Irony: when someone says one thing but means the opposite., It’s storming outside with thunder and lightning, and someone says, “Perfect day for a picnic!”, A kid walks into their brother’s messy room and says, “Wow, so clean in here!”, A student gets a low score on a test and says, “Well, that went great.”, A friend shows up 30 minutes late, and you say, “Right on time!”, Someone drops their soda all over the floor and says, “Oh, that’s just fantastic.”, Dramatic Irony: when the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not., A detective searches for a thief, but the audience already knows the thief is his best friend., A character sets a trap for someone else, but we can see that they’re about to walk right into their own trap., A character brags that they studied really hard for a test, but we already saw them sleeping instead of studying., Little Red Riding Hood talks to the wolf, but we already know he’s pretending to be her grandmother., A character hides under the bed, and we know the villain is in the room, but the character doesn’t., NOT Ironic: Rain ruins a picnic, A student fails a test after not studying, Someone slips on ice after ignoring warnings to be carefu, A car breaks down after missing a maintenance check, A person forgets their umbrella on a rainy day,

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