April 1-2, 2013

COMMUNICATION ARTS 9

In your NOTEBOOKS, write today’s date, then answer the following questions.

1. Which lines from the poem provide the BEST example of imagery?

• A. “I am cinema./I live on celluloid.”• B. “A fool trips and falls unharmed./A pompous clown with a cream

pie face.”• C. “I make you cry./but also make you know/what it means to be

human.”• D. “I am cinema./I make you think.”

(HEADS UP!!!!! You will be taking the EOC in 2 weeks (April 15-16). This test is a HUGE deal for your high school career, so you need to make sure you are paying attention and asking questions over the next couple of weeks!

BELLRINGER

After today’s lesson, you will be able to:

• Define and use the 3 types of irony.

• Understand the purpose of each of the 3 types of irony.

OBJECTIVES

1. After being in class all day you finally go outside to see that it’s raining. You turn to your friend and say,

“Lovely weather.”2. On your way to help with the dishes after

Thanksgiving dinner, you drop a stack onto the floor and they shatter. Your younger brother says, “Nicely

done. Very graceful.”3. The night before your EOC, you stay out partying

instead of studying. When you get your test score back you see that you have failed. When you tell your friend he says, “Guess all that studying paid

off.”

WHAT DO THESE 3 PASSAGES HAVE IN

COMMON?

In all 3 passages, a person is saying something OPPOSITE of what they actually mean.

This is called VERBAL IRONY.

ANSWER

In your NOTEBOOKS, write down the following information.

VERBAL IRONY-a statement saying one thing while meaning the opposite, with

the purpose of criticizing. • Basically sarcasm

• Can be tricky to identify(Verbal Irony Example)

NOTES

So, how can you tell it’s verbal irony?

Write down at least 2 ways you can tell verbal irony from

the truth.

VERBAL IRONY

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska

was $80,000. After rehabilitation, a special ceremony was held where two of the most expensively saved animals were released

back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers…(to be

continued)

What do you expect to happen after the animals were released?

SITUATIONAL IRONY

The rest of the story…

A minute after both animals were released, they were eaten by a killer whale.

Do you think the onlookers expected this to happen?

This is an example of SITUATIONAL IRONY.

SITUATIONAL IRONY

In your NOTEBOOK, write down the following information.

SITUATIONAL IRONY-When a situation turns out differently than expected.

• This type of irony is all about expectations.• There has to be a reversal of these

expectations for the situation to be ironic.

NOTES

IS THIS SITUATIONAL IRONY?

Yes. It is situational irony because there was a reversal of expectations. The situation turned out differently than

expected.

The reversal: The armor, which was intended for protection, is what ended

up causing harm.

ANSWER…

IS THIS SITUATIONAL IRONY?

No. It is NOT. Why isn’t it ironic?

Because it’s just an unfortunate scenario; there’s no reversal of

expectations. Just because there is a drawer in a kitchen does not mean you

will find any knives in it.

ANSWER…

Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet didn’t pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with “return to sender” stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened

it and was blown to bits.

What was expected? Was there a reversal of expectations? Is it ironic?

IS THIS SITUATIONAL IRONY?

Read the story (handout), then answer the following questions in your NOTEBOOK.

1. Is the situation in the story ironic?2. Why or why not is it ironic?

3. What was expected to happen in the story? What really happened?

4. How is this a reversal of expectations?

IRONY

(Dramatic Irony Example)

After watching the video…

1. Write what you think the definition of dramatic irony is.

2. Write 1 example of dramatic irony.

DRAMATIC IRONY

In your NOTEBOOK, write the following information.

DRAMATIC IRONY-When the audience (reader) knows something that the characters do not.

DRAMATIC IRONY

Is this dramatic

irony? Why or why not?

DRAMATIC IRONY

What do we know that the characters do not?

When Romeo goes to see Juliet, she has taken a poison that makes her appear dead. Seeing her lying “dead”, he takes his own life because he cannot live without her. Upon waking from her poisoned state, she sees him dead and takes her own life – for real this time.

Write in your NOTEBOOK what you know that the characters do not.

DRAMATIC IRONY

What type of irony is it?

1. Finish the “Irony Worksheet”. Use your notes to help you answer the questions.

2. Make sure your name is on it before handing it in.

3. When you are finished, get out your SSR book, and read.

IRONY