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Irony Delaney Dewey English 8
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Exaples The name of Britans biggest dog was named tiny Logan fell off a cliff and he was now a…… (cliffhanger) In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience/reader knows that Juliet has faked her death, but Romeo does not and he thinks she is really dead. (dramatic irony)
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Examples In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the main character Scout goes to school and is already able to read. While one would expect a teacher to be pleased about that, Scout's teacher does not like that she is already able to read. (situational irony) In Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy says of Elizabeth Bennett that she is not "handsome enough to tempt me," but he falls in love with her in spite of himself. (verbal irony)
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Irony Definition The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
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