Dramatic Irony:
Clip 1 from Back to the Future. Background: Marty McFly (in the vest) accidentally travels back in time from the 80s to the 50s and winds up having dinner with a teenage girl and her family. The girl eventually grows up to be Marty's mother. Clip 2 A classic illustration of dramatic irony. Poor stupid Romeo. Situational Irony: Clip 1 O. Henry ripped off Bert and Ernie. Check out Mr. Hooper filling the role of the omniscient narrator. Clip 2 Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Verbal Irony: Clip 1 Sarcasm 101. Clip 2 Homer making people happy. * Note: not all sarcasm is verbal irony, and not all verbal irony is sarcastic, but this is a good starting point. Refer back to the definition: using words to convey a meaning opposite to what those words literally mean. |