Transcription of “Checkouts” by Cynthia Rylant - Language Arts 9
1 Name: _____. Understanding Situational Irony in Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant 1. Irony is a literary technique in which the outcome is different from what we expect. Why is the description of how the girl fell in love ironic? 2. Using the definition of irony as an unexpected result, how is the following sentence ironic? Strange, how attractive clumsiness can be.. 3. What is the irony in the way the boy and girl react to one another in the store? Complete the following chart. WHAT HAPPENS WHAT WE EXPECT WHAT REALLY HAPPENS. A girl moves to a She will be She falls in love with new town. miserable. a bag boy. The bag boy sees the girl and is attracted to her. He is so nervous he drops the mayonnaise. They think about each other frequently. They hate themselves for not saying anything.
