Types of Irony

Cards (4)

  • Irony:

    literature technique that involves the differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention.
  • Dramatic Irony:

    When the audience knows something that the character does not.
  • Verbal Irony:

    When someone says one thing but really mean the opposite.
  • Situational Irony:

    When something happens that is the opposite of what was expected.