Irony, Sarcasm, Paradox

Sample of Situational Irony

An ambulance driver goes to a night time bike accident scene and runs over the accident victim because the victim crawled to the center of the road with his/her bike.

Sample of a Paradox

Freedom is slavery.

Sample of Dramatic Irony

He won the lottery, but his family knew he was very ill, and he died the next day.

Sample of Sarcasm

Promises are like the wind, "Puff," they are gone.

Peter plans the murder of Cheryl while he seems loyal to her. Cheryl does not know of Peter's plans, but Peter's brother does know.

Sample of Dramatic Irony

It's meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife.

Sample of Sarcasm

It's like rain on your wedding day.

Sample of Situational Irony

Don't go near the stove until you have learned to cook.

Sample of a Paradox

Definition of Irony

a contrast between appearance and reality

Definition of Metaphor

a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

Definition of Simile

a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using "like or as."

Definition of Dramatic Irony

a situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know

Definition of Situational Irony

contradiction of expectation between what might be expected and what actually occurs, often connected to a fantastic or pessimistic view of life

Definition of Paradox

the joining of opposing ideas, contradictory or incompatible elements; seems like a contraction, but upon closer inspection, it makes sense or might be true

Definition of Sarcasm

witty language used to express scorn or disapproval; a contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant; verbal irony