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Irony
rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Irony is a term for a figure of speech.[1] Irony is when something happens that is opposite from what is expected. It can often be funny, but it is also used in tragedies. There are many types of irony, including those listed below:
- Dramatic irony, when the audience knows something is going to happen on stage that the characters on stage do not.
- Socratic irony, when someone (usually a teacher) pretends to be stupid in order to show how stupid his pupils are (while at the same time the reader or audience understand the situation).
- Cosmic irony, when something that everyone thinks will happen actually happens very differently.
- Situational irony e.g. Mr. Smith gets a parking ticket. This is ironic because Mr. Smith is a traffic warden.
- Verbal irony is an absence of expression and intention. Sarcasm may sometimes involve verbal irony.
- Irony of fate is the misfortune in the result of fate or chance.
- The difference between of things seem to be or reality.
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