Types of Irony

• Irony


  A figure of speech that involves saying something but meaning the opposite.
• When do we use irony?

  Emphasize ideas, humor, suspense, and other storytelling purposes
• Types of Irony (3)

  Verbal, Dramatic, Situational
• Verbal irony


  It uses words or phrases that are different from their original meaning 
• Dramatic irony


  It is when characters are unaware of something that the reader or audience already knows
• Situational 


  One thing is expected but something different or the opposite happens