poetic device: Irony
Irony is when what you expect to happen doesn’t occur, but instead results in the opposite action or effect. For example, if someone were run over by an ambulance, or if you went to “Camp Sunshine” and it rained the whole week.
All of these poems have at least one example of irony each, usually at the end of the poem. See if you can figure out what is ironic in each of these poems.
April Fool’s Day
I Bought a Maserati
AstroCow
My Sloth Is Supersonic
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
My Dog Does My Homework
My Virtual Puppy
My Brother Plays Dungeons & Dragons
I Think My Dad Is Dracula
I Hypnotized the Teacher
Olympic Granny
The Football Game Is on TV
I Made a New Password
Today I Got a Valentine
A Fishy List
We Ate All the Cheetos
All My Great Excuses
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It’s Friday the 13th Tomorrow
I Can’t Get Enough of this Pokémon Go
My New Remote
Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk
I Woke up this Morning