Irony by https://padlet.com/j_yolojeroentje/z98ff654w9ff en-us 2018-04-16 07:31:00 UTC 2018-04-16 07:33:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Definition j_yolojeroentje https://padlet.com/j_yolojeroentje/z98ff654w9ff/wish/252021549 Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between appearance and reality.


]]> 2018-04-16 07:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/j_yolojeroentje/z98ff654w9ff/wish/252021549 Video j_yolojeroentje https://padlet.com/j_yolojeroentje/z98ff654w9ff/wish/252021605 It shows the definition of irony. It also explains what irony can do to improve a story. Finally it shows works of fiction which contain irony.]]> 2018-04-16 07:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/j_yolojeroentje/z98ff654w9ff/wish/252021605 Example j_yolojeroentje https://padlet.com/j_yolojeroentje/z98ff654w9ff/wish/252021830 We come across the following lines in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V:

“Go ask his name: if he be married.
My grave is like to be my wedding bed.”

Juliet commands her nurse to find out who Romeo was, and says if he were married, then her wedding bed would be her grave. It is a verbal irony because the audience knows that she is going to die on her wedding bed.

 


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