Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 4 AIL 0311 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lexicon: Irony, as the Anchor Defines It
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The idea
The glossary quotes Cicero: irony is saying one thing and meaning another. It then divides irony into verbal, dramatic and situational. Verbal irony is the kind a tone question usually wants, where a speaker's actual meaning differs sharply from what the words express.
In practice
Saying one thing, meaning another.
Where people slip
Three kinds, and they are not interchangeable.
Your place on the trail
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