1. IRONY
What is it?

2. Irony:
a literary technique by which, through characterization or plot, the writer indicates something opposite to that which is stated or shown

4. IRONY

7. There are different types of irony:
1. Dramatic or Situational Irony
2. Rhetorical (Verbal) Irony
Sarcasm
4. Cosmic (Fate) Irony

8. Dramatic or Situational Irony
The reader knows more about a situation than the character—which gives the statement a second meaning for the reader

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11. Rhetorical (Verbal) Irony
Saying the opposite of what is meant. A writer may use this method to reveal a character’s weaknesses or prejudices.

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13. Sarcasm A more crude form of irony
The meaning is the opposite of what is said

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16. Cosmic (Fate) Irony
Destiny controls people’s fates—where people have little influence or significance
Example: a soldier returns from war and is killed in a car accident