Irony

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Irony
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A young man explains irony.

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vP7_tMu7Y9qI

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Verbal Irony

• This is when a speaker says one thing but means
  another.
• Examples
• You fall down and a friend says that you are
  graceful.
• Or your mother will be happy to hear you have
  done so well! When you really received a poor
  grade.

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Verbal irony example

• When a mother walks into a room and sees that her
  children, instead of doing their homework, are
  playing video games, she gives them a stern look
  and says "Once you're done with your very
  important work there, let's take some time out
  for recreation in the form of some chemistry
  problems."

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More examples

• Lets take another irony example. A tennis player
  makes a comment I couldn't win the match, thanks
  to the correct decisions of the referee. The
  statements clearly indicates that the tennis
  player was not at all satisfied with the
  decisions made by the referee. Indirectly, the
  player is blaming the referee for his loss. The
  statement is indicating the referee's inability
  to take correct decisions.

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From Mean Girls some verbal irony

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vlmSBrmgdKts

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Dramatic irony

• This is used in a narrative when an event occurs
  whose significance the audience understands but
  the characters do not.

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An example

• In a horror movie, suspense is often built up by
  the use of spooky music. The viewers often know
  that someone is going to die or get ripped up,
  or, at least, something is going to jump out
  because of the music that THEY can hear--and, of
  course, the characters cannot.

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• http//wn.com/dramatic_irony

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Situational irony

• This is when something happens and a reversal of
  expectations occurs.
• In truth, a more fitting term would be
  "Expectational Irony", since that is what it
  covers. Situational Irony is when the outcome of
  some situation or action is the exact opposite of
  the intended outcome.

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Example of situational irony

• Situational example The Rime of the Ancient
  Mariner by ColeridgeWater, water, every
  where,And all the boards did shrink Water,
  water, every where, Nor any drop to drink
• In this example it is ironic that water is
  everywhere but none of it can be drunk

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From social studies

• During the time of the Pharaoh in ancient Egypt,
  Moses was born at a time when the children of
  Israel were increasing in number, thus, posing a
  threat to the Egyptian Pharaoh, who feared that
  these children would grow up and help the enemies
  of Egypt. However, Moses' mother tried to hide
  him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn baby
  boys to be killed and Moses was eventually
  adopted by the Egyptian royal family. In the end,
  it was Moses who was responsible for the downfall
  of the Pharaoh.

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Real life situational irony

• Another example of situational irony is when, in
  1974, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  had to recall 80,000 of its own label buttons
  which promoted 'toy safety', because these
  buttons had sharp edges, used lead paint and even
  had small clips which could be broken off and
  swallowed!

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Irony websites

• http//theoatmeal.com/comics/irony
• http//tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Irony