Posts Tagged ‘irony’
Irony
Irony Some ironies are immediately recognizable, while others are disclosed only in the light of subsequent events. Some are conscious, as in Mark Antony's use of the word "hon¬orable" in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to describe the men who have murdered Caesar. In unconscious irony a word, phrase, or speech is understood in a double sense by [...]
Irony
Irony Irony is a figure of speech whereby the writer or speaker says the opposite of what is meant; for the irony to be successful, however, the audience must understand the writer’s true intent. For example, if you have slopped to school in a rainstorm and your drenched teacher enters the classroom saying, “Ah, nothing like this beautiful, [...]
