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In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, a woman borrows what she thinks is a costly necklace from a friend and loses it. She and her husband sacrifice to replace it, only to learn years later that the necklace was a fake.

Which type of irony is presented?

Annie Allen loved her fiancé Scott.  Annie loved him so much that he was all that she thought about all day.  Feeling particularly in love with Scott, Annie thought that she’d surprise him with romance, so she snuck into his house using the spare key under his doormat and waited in his room for him to come home from a business trip.  While waiting for him to come home, she thought the surprise might be even better if she hid in his closet.  So she did. Twenty minutes later, she heard keys rustling in the lock.  The door slammed, and then she heard the sound of feet walking up the stairs and Scott’s voice.  “You know I can’t wait to see you, Baby,” she thought she heard Scott say.  He must be leaving me a message, Annie pleasantly thought to herself.  Then she heard Scott continue to talk.  “No, she’s nothing serious.  And besides, you know you’re the one I love, Katie.”  Annie’s heart dropped.  She grabbed the pepper spray from out of her purse, unlatched the safety, and felt her hand tense on the release button.  Scott walked in to the room, smiling and laughing as he flirted with Katie on the phone. 

Swanson Wisconsin was a famous child star.  She had several platinum selling albums, her own TV sitcom, and a series of straight-to-DVD films that received terrible reviews but sold really well.  Swanson Wisconsin was extremely wealthy and had the respect and admiration of millions of boys and girls around the world.  She was everywhere.  She was even the face of the antidrug movement.  Swanson Wisconsin appeared on several commercials, billboards, and bus advertisements telling young people not to use drugs.  All over the country the message was heard: “Be like Swanson Wisconsin.  Think up. Don’t get high.”  One fateful December evening, Swanson Wisconsin crashed her Bentley into hotdog stand.  No one was injured, but Swanson Wisconsin was extremely disorientated.  At the hospital, blood tests revealed that Swanson Wisconsin had enough crystal meth, cocaine,and tranquilizers in her system to murder an elephant.

What type of irony is presented here?

The police thought that he was a criminal. Property owners felt that he was menace. But Noodles considered himself an artist. He painted huge murals with his spray cans. Noodles' artwork was everywhere. His name blazed on water towers, billboards, overpasses, and anything else that he could reach. One day, Noodles painted his name in big block letters over the window of the local grocery store. When the store owner arrived the next day, as he attempted to remove the paint, he was heard to utter, "Oh! Thank you. How nice of you, Noodles, to paint your name over my store window like that. I really appreciate it." He never got to thank Noodles personally, though he often wished that he had.

Which irony is presented here?

Jack was on his way home from work when his wife Jill called him.  He was in a hurry to get home and watch his favorite show, COPS, but Jill said that he needed to stop at the minimart to get some bread for dinner. Jack replied dutifully to his wife, “Yes, Dear.”  When he got to the minimart, Jack was in such a hurry that he didn’t even pull into a parking spot.  He just pulled up right next to the door.  It was 6:58, and COPS was starting in two minutes, so Jack just left his car running and ran into the store.  He grabbed the bread from the middle aisle and got in the line behind a skinny guy wearing a leather jacket.  Jack tapped his foot impatiently as the man purchased lottery tickets.  Finally, the clerk rang up Jack right as Jack’s watch read 6:59.  Jack hurriedly completed the transaction and ran outside.  As he went to jump into his car, he noticed that it was gone.  He looked around a bit, but it was no where in sight.  “Great,” Jack sighed.  His watch read 7:01. “How wonderful,” he said to himself, as he reached in his pocket to call his wife.

Which irony is presented here?