Ooh, Sarcasm Society, real useful. What kind of jerk sits around being a prescriptivist about some commonly misused rhetorical device.
The definition of verbal irony is spot on, as it what is called "dramatic irony". I also enjoy that they only give negative examples of irony, and no positive examples.
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Ooh, Sarcasm Society, real useful. What kind of jerk sits around being a prescriptivist about some commonly misused rhetorical device.
The definition of verbal irony is spot on, as it what is called "dramatic irony". I also enjoy that they only give negative examples of irony, and no positive examples.
can you blog your favorite definition(s) of irony? let's have some positive examples.
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