Honors Designation Only: Irony in "The Cask of Amontillado"

Honors Designation ONLY! All other students skip to the next assignment.

Using an extended R.A.C.E. Strategy, identify and explain one example of EACH type of irony from "The Cask of Amontillado," for a total of THREE examples.

Situational irony: The opposite of what we would expect to happen

Verbal irony: Saying the opposite of what you mean (sarcasm)

Dramatic Irony: The reader or audience knows something a character does not

You may want to break your response into multiple paragraphs, but it's not required if your paragraph is well-organized. Please highlight your response with the corresponding colors below:

Restate  (blue)

Answer (green)- general answer about three types of irony

Cite situational irony  (yellow)

**You do not need a direct quote for each type of irony. You only need one direct quote total. The other two can include evidence in your own words. 

Explain (purple)

Cite verbal irony (yellow)

Explain (purple)

Cite dramatic irony  (yellow)

Explain (purple)

Concluding statement (red)

Transitions (gray)