is the "expression of one's meaning by

saying the direct opposite of one's thoughts in order

to be emphatic, amusing, sarcastic”.

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◦ Nên cho ví dụ trước rồi hãy dẫn dắt bạn vô phần
định nghĩa
 There are two types:
◦ Overstatement: when a person exaggerates the character of
something.
◦ Understatement: when a person undermines the character of
something.
 Examples of verbal irony include:
 “Thanks for the ticket officer you just made my day!” (coi lại dấu
câu, hình như thiếu dấu phẩy.)
“I can’t wait to read the seven hundred page report.”
The above examples show how irony is used to show
someone’s frustration or disappointment.
 It involves a discrepancy between what is expected to
happen and what actually happens.
 Situational irony occurs when the exact opposite of what
is meant to happen, happens.

 Cho hình ảnh hoặc clip, phim hoạt hình gì đó

minh họa vô
 This type of irony is popular in works of art such as movies, books, poems and
plays.
 It occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story
are not aware of
 There are three stages of dramatic irony:
 Installation – audience is informed of something the character does not know about
 Exploitation – using this information to develop curiosity among the audience
 Resolution – what happens when the character finally finds out what is going on?
A special category of dramatic irony is tragic irony.
Chữ nhiều quá, dùng smart Art hay gì khác cho nó sinh động hơn
 Overstatement

Verbal
Irony
Understatement

Situation
Irony

Installation
Dramatic
Irony Exploitation

Resolution
Chức năng của phần này là gì vậy? Để minh họa
cho mỗi loại Irony hay để các bạn đoán xem nó
thuộc loại gì?????
◦ Below are a few expressions of irony :
- What a lovely day it was! Everything I had went wrong.
- He is so intelligent that no examiner has agreed to pass him so
far.
- He is lucky to have such an ugly and awkward wife.
- She is extremely unlucky to be born in such a prosperous
family in a developed European country.
- Your plan is really tricky. The other team will figure it out in
about one play.
3 Types of Irony
The use of words to mean something different than what they
appear to mean.
Verbal Irony

The difference between what is expected to happen and what

actually happens.
Situational Irony

When the audience is more aware of what is happening than a

character.
Dramatic Irony

Slide này và Slide 7 đâu có khác gì nhau

 Phần game nhớ chỉnh hiệu ứng, nếu không coi
như vừa đố vừa show đáp án luôn rồi đó nha.
Exercises of irony

What is irony word?

Exercises of irony

Irony word: shortest line understatement Irony which mean this is the longest line
What is the irony in this sentence?
Understatement irony lovely weather which mean
badly weather
What is irony word?
Overstatement irony “smart” which mean you’re lubberly
The cake is a as_____ as concrete
 A. soft
 B. softly
 C. softness

 understatement irony “soft” which mean the cake is

hard.
Water is as ____ as mud.
 A. clearly
 B. clean
 C. clear

 Understatement irony “clear” which mean water is as

dirty as mud.
Looking at her son’s messy room, Mom says,
“Wow, you could win an award for ____?”
 A. clean
 B. cleanly
 C. cleanliness

 Overstatement irony “Wow, you could win an award for

cleanliness” which mean “ you are a messy”
With friend like you, who need enemies?
 A. overstatement irony
 B. understatement irony
 C. situation irony

 Understatement irony which mean you are worst

enemies.
In Beauty and The Beast, Belle tells Gaston, “ I
just don’t deserve you”
 A. Dramatic Irony
 B. verbal irony
 C. situation irony

 Verbal irony, when, in reality, Gaston doesn’t deserve

Belle.
A pilot has a fear of heights.
 A.Verbal Irony
 B. Situation Irony
 C. Dramatic Irony

 Situation irony. This situation is ironic because airplane

pilots spend most of their time at work high in the air.
The teacher fails the test.
 A.Verbal Irony
 B. Situation Irony
 C. Dramatic Irony
 Situation irony which mean Teachers are usually the ones
giving tests rather than taking them, so most people
assume they would be expert at passing tests.
A mother complains about her lazy children, not
realizing they have been secretly making her a
birthday present.
 A.Verbal Irony
 B. Situation Irony
 C. Dramatic Irony
 Situation irony. In this situation, the mother's ideas about
her children are thwarted in an unexpected surprise
The cobbler's children have no shoes.
 A.Verbal Irony
 B. Situation Irony
 C. Dramatic Irony

 Situation Irony. In this situation, A cobbler is a

professional shoemaker, so the expectation is that her
own children would have many shoes, not zero.
A Police station gets robbed.
 A. Overstatement Irony
 B. Understatement Irony
 C. Situation Irony

 Situation irony. We wouldn’t expect a police station to

get robbed. They investigate robberies.
Which of the following situations is an
example of dramatic irony?
A. Romeo kills himself thinking Juliet is dead, though the
audience knows she has just taken a sleeping potion to
feign death.
B. Oedipus blinds himself, but that leads to deeper wisdom
even though he has lost his sense of sight.
C. Belle refuses Gaston’s marriage proposal in Beauty and
the Beast, saying “I just don’t deserve you!”
In Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Snow
White ate the apple the old woman gave her.
 A.Verbal Irony
 B. Situation Irony
 C. Dramatic Irony

 Dramatic irony. we know that the old woman bringing

the apple is the wicked queen who wants to kill Snow
White, but she does not. She purchases the apple, takes a
bite, and falls.
In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo assuming that Juliet
dead and he kills himself.
 A.Verbal Irony
 B. Situation Irony
 C. Dramatic Irony

 Dramatic Irony. The audience knows that Juliet is only

asleep-not dead-but Romeo does not, and he kills
himself.
In Beauty and the Beast. Belle is a young girl
imprisoned in a wonderful castle which owner’s
is a monster.
 A.Verbal Irony
 B. Situation Irony
 C. Dramatic Irony

 Dramatic irony. The audience knows from the beginning

of the movie that the beast is a prince, but Belle does
not.