When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.
ie. You wash your car and then it rains.
Verbal Irony:
In conversation, the speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says.
ie. "My, you've certainly made a mess of things!" could be said to a hostess who presents a spectacular dish prepared with obvious care and skill.
Dramatic Irony:
When the reader or audience are aware of something that the characters in the story are not.
The reader/audience waits anxiously to find out what will happen when the characters discover what we already know.
ie. In Act II while Romeo & Juliet make plans for a happy future the audience already knows of their fate since they’ve been told by the chorus in the Prologue.
Dramatic Irony con’t:
Dramatic Irony makes the reader/audience feel suspense.
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