January 13, 2016
People Always Use Irony Correctly (Oh, the Irony of That Statement!)
So. Irony. A major literary device that is often misunderstood or just plain missed. Possibly because there are different kinds of irony. The big idea of irony, however, is that the literal/actual meaning and the intended meaning are opposites. (The title of this article, for instance.) Often confused with sarcasm, verbal irony is when a speaker says the opposite of what he/she...