Practice Problems
Answer Situational, verbal or Dramatic irony for each sentence.
1. She is going to kill me!
2. A person tweets about how twitter is a waste of time.
3. "Wow, a sweater! Thanks Bobby," said Janet, even though she thought that the sweater was hideous.
4.She can't hurt me! She is just a child!
5.Sam says he doesn't eat meat, but at subway he ordered a ham sandwich.
6. The lion was bigger than an elephant!
7. Everyone thinks that Lora is dumb, but the next day, she got 100's on all 4 of her tests.
8. Tom has always liked Lucy, but Lucy has always thought Tom was annoying and unattractive.
9. Martha says she hates the color pink, but everything in her room has some shade of pink in it.
10. It took me 100 hours writing that page!
11. Eminem has made a fortune selling his cursed filled songs, but in an interview, he says that he does not allow swearing in his home.
12. Lacy hates chicken nuggets, but when she was offered some, she took them happily.
13. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare Macbeth appears to be loyal to Duncan but he is planning Duncan's murder.
14. Mr. Bath is going to fire three workers, one of whom will be Tom Miller, but Tom does not know this.
15. I am so lucky to have such a strict boss.
Answer Situational, verbal or Dramatic irony for each sentence.
1. She is going to kill me!
2. A person tweets about how twitter is a waste of time.
3. "Wow, a sweater! Thanks Bobby," said Janet, even though she thought that the sweater was hideous.
4.She can't hurt me! She is just a child!
5.Sam says he doesn't eat meat, but at subway he ordered a ham sandwich.
6. The lion was bigger than an elephant!
7. Everyone thinks that Lora is dumb, but the next day, she got 100's on all 4 of her tests.
8. Tom has always liked Lucy, but Lucy has always thought Tom was annoying and unattractive.
9. Martha says she hates the color pink, but everything in her room has some shade of pink in it.
10. It took me 100 hours writing that page!
11. Eminem has made a fortune selling his cursed filled songs, but in an interview, he says that he does not allow swearing in his home.
12. Lacy hates chicken nuggets, but when she was offered some, she took them happily.
13. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare Macbeth appears to be loyal to Duncan but he is planning Duncan's murder.
14. Mr. Bath is going to fire three workers, one of whom will be Tom Miller, but Tom does not know this.
15. I am so lucky to have such a strict boss.