Irony

If you look up irony in the dictionary you will find something along these lines:

  • the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny
  • a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected

 

Click through the slides below to see the basic defnintion on the 3 types of irony.

Irony from sheehy
Then, watch the following video to take a deeper look at irony: