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A Surprise!
It is the difference between what we
expect to happen, and what actually does
happen.
It is often used to add suspense and
interest.
It is also used to keep the reader thinking
about the moral of the story.

3. Irony
Verbal
Irony
Situational
Irony
Dramatic
Irony

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Verbal Irony
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Situational Irony
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Dramatic Irony

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The simplest kind of irony.
You use it everyday when you say one thing and
really mean another.
It is often similar to a sarcastic response.
Example:
When you appear to be sick and someone asks
you if you’re okay. You say “Of course!” But in the
meantime you are vomiting and fainting.

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Occurs when a situation turns out to be the
opposite of what you thought it would be.
Example:
The teacher’s daughter is a High School drop out.
The mayor’s wife gets caught stealing.
The chef won’t eat his/her own cooking.
The barber always needs a hair cut himself.

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Dramatic irony is used to show that the
audience knows more than the
character on stage. A character does or
says something of greater importance
than he or she knows. The audience,
however, understands the meaning and
importance of the act or speech.
Dramatic irony is often used to produce
suspense or humor.

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The difference in the knowledge of
characters and the audience can
produce suspense. Generally, dramatic
irony is used to create suspense in
tragedies or mysteries.

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In Sophocles' play Oedipus the King,
Oedipus does not know that he is the
murderer that he is seeking. The
characters of Creon and Jocasta do not
know the reality about Oedipus either.
However, the audience knows all along
that Oedipus was destined to commit
the murder and ends up doing it. The
plot of the play and the actions of
Oedipus create and build suspense.

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The difference in the knowledge of
characters and the audience can
produce humor as well. Dramatic irony is
mostly used to create humor in
comedies.

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In Shakespeare's play Much Ado About
Nothing, the characters of Don Pedro and
Leonato pretend that Beatrice is in love with
Benedick. They do so by talking loudly and
letting Benedick overhear the conversation.
The audience knows that Leonato and Don
Pedro are pretending but Benedick does
not. This creates humor in this
Shakespearean comedy. Later in the play,
Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into
confessing their love for each other.

12. Irony is a kind of a surprise. It is the difference
between what is expected to happen, and what
actually does happen.
 Irony is like a glitch, a twist, or a last minute switch
in the game. It is an interruption of events that
cause an unexpected outcome.
There are three types of irony:
 Verbal
 Situational
 Dramatic
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