1. Welcome to English!Please take out your journal

2. Complete a PQP of the song Ironic by Alanis Morissette.

4. What is irony?

5. Identify each example of iron in Ironic.

6. Verbal Irony:

7. Verbal Irony: A statement in which the meaning that a speaker intends is sharply different from the stated meaning. Sarcasm.

8. Verbal Irony: He yelled, “I’m not upset!” as he slung the lamp at the wall.

9. Dramatic Irony:

10. Dramatic Irony:Audience is aware of more than the characters in the story. Creates a strong sense of anticipation, but is eventually resolved.

11. Dramatic Irony:-The other characters in the cast of Romeo & Juliet think Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she only took sleeping potion.-Lois is in love with Superman, not Clark.

12. Situational Irony:

13. Situational Irony: The outcome is different from what is expected- perverse appropriateness.

14. Situational Irony: Hinckley attempts to assassinate Reagan. All shots missed, but a bullet deflected off the bulletproof glass, and struck the president.

15. Let’s consider “The Cask of Amontillado.”

16. Homework:-Vocab. Test (Friday)