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3 Types of Irony

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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3 types of irony

What are they?
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3 types

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dramatic

When the audience knows something that a character doesn't
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We know that Juliet isn't dead

But Romeo doesn't--and kills himself!

Situational 

The audience expects something to happen-but the opposite occurs
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Snow in summer

Is a great example

Verbal

Saying something that you don't mean
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Characters say what they don't mean

for many reasons

Irony