Text analysis: irony

Irony is the diference between what we expect to happen

and what actually does happen. There are three kinds of
irony in literature:
Irony Defnition Example
Situational
irony
hen somethin!
happens that is the
opposite of what you
expected.
"ou stay up all
ni!ht studyin! for
a test. #owe$er%
the next day your
teacher tells you
there won&t be a
test.
'erbal irony hen what is said is the
opposite of what is
meant.
It&s a rainy% dark
day and you say%
(hat a beautiful
day)*
Dramatic
irony
hen what a character
knows is diferent from
what the audience
knows.
The audience is
ama+ed when a
champion boxer
loses a bi! f!ht.
The reader%
howe$er% knows
the boxer has
been paid to lose.
,eadin! Strate!y: -redict
. !ood story will keep you wonderin! what happens next.
Successful readers ask /uestions and predict possible
answers. To make a prediction:
Look for clues in the story to suggest what might happen
next.
Make a prediction, or a reasonable guess, about future
events based on clues in the story and what you know from
your own experience.
Read on to conrm your prediction and see it it!s correct.
"lue # woman is in her driveway by her car. $he is
reading a map.
My
prediction
The woman is going on a trip.
'ocabulary in 0ontext
%estibul
e
nou
n
#n entrance hall
The visitor waited in the vestibule while & came
downstairs to meet him.
Ransac
k
verb To search through every part of
'ane had to ransack her purse looking for change
to pay the driver.
"ovet verb To wish for or desire something owned be
someone else
& covet Lisa!s new computer, even though & have
a computer of my own.