Three Types of Irony Practice

Tommy's mother came in from mowing the lawn to find Tommy sprawled on the couch playing a video game. "I hate to bother you," she said snidely, "as you're obviously doing something really important."

Jimmy tells his mom he is late getting home from school because he was helping his teacher. Jimmy's mom has already received a phone call from school and knows that he was late because he was in detention.

Rob unpacked his backpack and started getting ready to do his homework. "Wonderful," he said. "I forgot my social studies book at school. That will really help me get this homework finished!"

In the movie JAWS, the audience knows that there is a man-eating shark killing people in the ocean, but the characters on the beach do not and play carefreely in the ocean.

In a suspenseful movie, a character runs into a room to escape someone who is chasing him. Only the audience knows that the chase is already in the room.

Mrs. Jones sniffed the air in Mike's messy trash-littered room. "It smells as fresh as a garbage can in here," she said.

A website is dedicated to explaining how terrible the internet is.

"How was school today?" Mom asked as Tricia walked in the door. "Not quite as pleasant as getting a tooth pulled," replied Tricia as she slumped into the chair.

In the movie TOY STORY, the human characters don't know that the toys come to life when they are not there, but the audience does.

All of the employees in a hospital are too sick to come to work.

In a movie, a man tells a woman that he loves her and wants to marry her. The audience knows the man is already married and is planning to move away the next day.

A fire station burns down.

A captain of a cruise ship routinely gets seasick.

"You'll love hanging out with my sister. She's as friendly as a rattlesnake."

A pilot is afraid of flying.

In a movie about twin sisters, one sister pretends to be the other. The audience know about the switch, but the other characters in the movie do not.

Julia arrived late to meet Carey for lunch. "I'm sorry," said Julia. "Were you waiting long?" Corey replied, "Oh, not that long. I had time to finish writing a novel and memorizing the dictionary. Not long at all."

Ralph shuffled back into the classroom after being called to the principal's office. "How did it go?" his friend Mike asked. "Oh," said Ralph, "it went very well. I have detention for two days. Lucky me!"

In a television program, a character who thinks she is alone in a room begins to sing along very loudly with the music in her headphones. The audience know that her friends are in the next room and can hear her.

A painter realizes he is color blind