What’s on the The Three Kinds of Irony poster
A 3-row table: Type · The gap · Example.
Irony is a gap between what is expected and what is true.
- Verbal — says one thing, means another — "Lovely weather" in a downpour
- Situational — outcome opposite to expectation — a fire station burns down
- Dramatic — reader knows, character does not — the audience sees the trap set
Rain on your wedding day is not irony, it is bad luck. There has to be a reversal of expectation.
Questions about the The Three Kinds of Irony poster
- What’s on the The Three Kinds of Irony poster?
- A 3-row table: Type · The gap · Example. Irony is a gap between what is expected and what is true. Verbal — says one thing, means another — "Lovely weather" in a downpour; Situational — outcome opposite to expectation — a fire station burns down; Dramatic — reader knows, character does not — the audience sees the trap set. Rain on your wedding day is not irony, it is bad luck. There has to be a reversal of expectation.
- Who is the The Three Kinds of Irony poster for?
- The Three Kinds of Irony is filed under 8th Grade (ages 13–14), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the The Three Kinds of Irony poster?
- Ask who knows what. That distinguishes all three. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Three Kinds of Irony belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Three Kinds of Irony?
- Academic Word Roots, Analysing Word Choice and How a Central Idea Develops sit alongside The Three Kinds of Irony in the 8th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Academic Word RootsAnalysing Word ChoiceHow a Central Idea Develops
- Is the The Three Kinds of Irony poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Three Kinds of Irony downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 8th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Three Kinds of Irony poster print at?
- The Three Kinds of Irony is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Three Kinds of Irony loses nothing.Printing guide
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