Irony
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Irony is when something happens that is opposite from what is expected. There are many types of irony, including:
- Dramatic irony, when the audience knows something that's going to happen on stage that the characters on stage don't.
- Socratic irony, when someone (usually a teacher) pretends to be stupid in order to show how stupid his pupils are (while at the same time the reader or audience understand the situation).
- Cosmic irony, when something that everyone thinks will happen actually happens very differently.
- Situational irony e.g. Mr Smith gets a parking ticket. Mr Smith is a traffic warden.
