Irony by

Works Cited:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-12 23:18:10 UTC

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony

http://ironyinchildrensliterature.weebly.com/

http://www.englishlanguageterminology.org/irony.htm

http://www.google.com/imghp

Definition:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-12 23:18:45 UTC

A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way

that seems to be the opposite of what you expected.

Example 1:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-12 23:27:22 UTC

Example 2:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-12 23:31:54 UTC

Irony in literature:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-12 23:32:13 UTC

An example would be in Romeo and Juliet when Juliet utters the line:

“O God! I have an ill-diving soul/Methinks I see thee, now thou

art below/As one dead in the bottom of a tomb” (Shakespeare 36).

Irony in literature:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-12 23:32:34 UTC

Situational example: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge:
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink

Original Example:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-12 23:32:48 UTC

The boy was complaining about people talking with their mouths full while his mouth was full.