1. Verbal Irony: What is said is different than what is meant.
Example: You tell someone to “break a leg” but what you mean is “good luck.”
Definition: A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
IRONY
Dramatic Irony: The reader knows something that the characters do not.
Example: In Star Wars, Luke does not know that Darth Vader is his father until episode V, but the audience knows it sooner.
Situational Irony: Something happens that we wouldn’t expect to happen.
Example: A fire station burns down.