Question

Match the type of irony to the example

[types of irony, verbal irony, not irony, situational irony, dramatic irony]

1) The butcher is a vegetarian =


2) A woman on a park bench is sobbing, but she insists that
she's feeling perfectly okay. =


3) A man is busy sending a text, and he wrecks his car. =


4) You're watching a movie and you know that a killer is hiding
in the closet but the girl in the movie doesn't know he's
there. =

Answer 1

The butcher is a vegetarian. = situational irony

A woman on a park bench is sobbing, but she insists that she's feeling perfectly okay. = verbal irony

A man is busy sending a text, and he wrecks his car. = not irony

You're watching a movie and you know that a killer is hiding in the closet but the girl in the movie doesn't know he's there. = dramatic irony

Step-by-step explanation:

situational irony is when something is the reverse of what is expected; you would expect a butcher to love meat

verbal irony is when something a person says contradicts their current situation; if a woman is crying, she is clearly not feeling okay

dramatic irony is when an audience understands something about actions or events that the characters do not; you know that there is a killer in the closet but the girl does not