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Irony
The difference between what is expected and what actually happens.
There are three types of Irony
Situational Irony
A situation where the expected outcome and the actual outcome are in conflict.
Example: Our hero rushes in to save the damsel in distress but ends up putting them in greater peril and it is the damsel who saves them both in the end.
Does this clip use Irony? How does irony help create suspense?
Dramatic Irony
Dramatic Irony: When the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
How does this clip use irony?
Verbal Irony
Deliberately stating the opposite of the truth with the intention of being amusing
Tone is often -
- Sarcastic
- Mocking
How does irony help us understand our characters?
Satires use wit and irony to make an amusing or scathing comment on an absurd everyday practice.
The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/video/ohio-replaces-lethal-injection-with-humane-new-hea-36077
Parody
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Satire
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/418915/september-07-2012/the-2012-people-s-party-congress-of-charlotte---youth-vote
lion King