Irony

Irony

Definition- Irony is a difference between what is expected and what actually occurs. A disparity between the percieved and the known.

Example-
 * //This products job is to stop rust, and yet it is rusting itself.//**

Verbal Irony- Spoken difference between what is said and what is meant

Example- Sarcasm

Dramatic Irony- When in a play an instance occurs when the audience watching knows something that the characters of the play do not

Example- //Romeo and Juliet// scene when Juliet's father agrees to let Paris marry Juliet. The dramatic irony here is that the audience knows that Juliet is already secretly married to Romeo

Situational Irony- When an event contradicts expectations

Example- //**The KKK member is set aflame.**//