What dies the word irony mean?

Answer 1

IRONY
humor based on opposites: humor based on using words to suggest the opposite of their literal meaning
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Basically, it's the opposite of something expected that elicits humour.
An example would be "The firehouse burned down."

Answer 2

Irony, from the Greek εἴρων (eiron), is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says, and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). Irony may also arise from a discordance between acts and results, especially if it is striking, and known to a later audience. A certain kind of irony may result from the act of pursuing a desired outcome, resulting in the opposite effect, but again, only if this is known to a third party. In this case the aesthetic arises from the realization that an effort is sharply at odds with an outcome, and that in fact the very effort has been its own undoing.

Answer 3

There are basically three types, but they all refer to "something unexpected."
1. Situational irony: When an unexpected event occurs (like the man who fears flying and after 40 years of fighting it, flies and crashes).
2. Dramatic Irony: When an audience knows something actors do not (examples - The Chorus in Romeo and Juliet coming out before the play and telling the audience everything that will happen including the death or modern horror films when the audience knows the killer is in the closet).
3. Verbal Irony: When a person says something opposite from what he/she means. It is similar to sarcasm, except that sarcasm's intent is to be mean while verbal irony is intended to be funny (example: TEACHER: "who wants homework tonight?" STUDENT: "Oh, I do! May I read TWO novels this evening?")

Answer 4

Irony is a form of speech in which the real meaning is concealed or contradicted by the words used. Irony involves the perception that things are not what they are said to be or what they seem. Dramatic irony lies in the audience's deeper perceptions of a coming fate, which contrast with a character's lack of knowledge about said fate. A common metaphor for using irony is to "have your tongue in cheek".

Answer 5

Irony is from a Greek word, Eiron, which is a person who is a liar, especially with respect to pretending to be ignorant of a fact or situation.

In modern use Irony sometimes indicates an absurd or incoherent relationship of various actions.

Example: Bush said he wants no child left behind but then, de facto, cut spending for education.

Answer 6

in literature, irony comes in different forms

dramatic irony-where the audience knows more than the characters in the story

situational irony-an unexpexted outcome

but in everyday life irony is an amusing contradiction. (the Bush and no child left behind act was a good example.)

Answer 7

You have good definitions, I'll give examples.

A fireman's house burning down.

A police car being stolen

A musician loosing their hearing

Remember, none of the things in Alanis Morressetes popular song are actually instances of irony.

Answer 8

the part of a situation that is strange or amusing because what happens is completely different from what you expected.(the irony is that the drug was suppoused to save lives but it killed him).
the use of woreds that are different from what you relly mean in order to be show that you are annoyed.

Answer 9

its hard to explain but here is an example: 'i set my alarm for 8:00 am every morning, but every morning i wake up at exactly 7:55. i thought that i didnt need to set my alarm any more because of this so i turned it off one night. the next moring i woke up late!' so the irony would be that he wakes up early every morning and the one time he doesnt set his alarm he wakes up late!!

Answer 10

its a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says, and what is generally understood

meaning, you may know what's going to happen or what happened, but the people in the story (for example) don't.