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.

Incomplete Trick-or-Treat by Kenn Nesbitt
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat
Extreme Dream
Dear Santa, Did You Get My Tweet?
My Dog Ate My Homework
Mr. Whisper
Elaine the Complainer by Kenn Nesbitt
Elaine the Complainer
Mrs. Mandy's Candy Shop by Kenn Nesbitt
Mrs. Mandy’s Candy Shop
My Time Machine Is Broken by Kenn Nesbitt
My Time Machine Is Broken
I Finished My Homework
Winter Wonderland
I Found a Penny on the Ground
Deer Mrs. Teecher
I’m Staying Home From School Today
Robot Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
Robot Halloween
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
The First Week of School by Kenn Nesbitt
The First Week of School
Our Parents Were Kidnapped by Pirates by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Parents Were Kidnapped by Pirates
I Went to a Wishing Well
Rules for School by Kenn Nesbitt
Rules for School
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
I'm Glad at Last It's Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Glad at Last It’s Halloween
My Brother Was Brought by a Bunny
I’m Lonely, So Lonely
Welcome Back to School

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