Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of
their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet's sense impressions by
comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader.
Irony is a part of speech that we often use in our day-to-day lives, especially when it comes to
passing a sarcastic remark to someone we don't like. Before knowing any examples of irony, you need to
know 'what is irony', right? An irony definition states that a statement is ironic when it has two meanings.
To be more specific, there is a difference between what the statement means and what the speaker wants
to convey. In other words the statement has a double meaning that is actually uncovering the truth.
The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or
situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of
the idea.
3 TYPES OF IRONY
1. Verbal irony is a trope in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the
meaning that the words appear to express.
EX:
My, you've certainly made a mess of things!
2. Situational irony involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what
actually occurs. EX:
You wash your car and then it rains.
3. Dramatic irony is an effect produced by a narrative in which the audience knows more
about present or future circumstances than a character in the story.
EX:
The reader/audience waits anxiously to find out what will happen when the characters discover
what we already know.
Tonight...
Tonight...
Chorus:
Don't you know my love is here?
Don't you know my love is real?
You should know by now
This much is true
My love is here for you