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.
I Dreamed it Was December
My Teacher Took My iPod
Today I Wrote this Poem
Somebody Stole My Butt
Cooking Class
Zoom Gloom
Easter Feaster
Running Late
My Brother Ate My Smartphone
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat
My Christmas Travel Plan
I’m Glad at Last It’s Halloween
My Sister Should Be an Explorer
Perfect
The First Day of School
After Thanksgiving
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner
Mrs. Mandy’s Candy Shop
I’d Like to Be a Movie Star
Elaine the Complainer
When Larry Made Lasagna
Saturday’s My Lazy Day
Rules for School