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Page 1: IRONY Think in Threes. Irony Irony is a contradiction/ disagreement/ incongruity between two things: what is said and what is meant, what appears to be

IRONY

Think in Threes

Page 2: IRONY Think in Threes. Irony Irony is a contradiction/ disagreement/ incongruity between two things: what is said and what is meant, what appears to be

IronyIrony is a contradiction/ disagreement/

incongruity between two things: what is said and what is meant, what appears to be and what the reality actually is, etc.

Page 3: IRONY Think in Threes. Irony Irony is a contradiction/ disagreement/ incongruity between two things: what is said and what is meant, what appears to be

3 Types of Irony

Verbal ironyDefinition: a contradiction/ disagreement/

incongruity between what’s said and what’s actually meant

Page 4: IRONY Think in Threes. Irony Irony is a contradiction/ disagreement/ incongruity between two things: what is said and what is meant, what appears to be

Situational irony• Definition: a contradiction/ disagreement/

incongruity between what appears/ seems to be/happen and what actually is/happens

Page 5: IRONY Think in Threes. Irony Irony is a contradiction/ disagreement/ incongruity between two things: what is said and what is meant, what appears to be

Dramatic irony• Definition: when the words and actions of

the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters. This is the result of the reader having a greater knowledge than the characters themselves.