irony

0.0(0)
Studied by 0 people
call kaiCall Kai
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
GameKnowt Play
Card Sorting

1/5

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

6 Terms

1
New cards

verbal irony

when someone says one things but means another

2
New cards

dramatic irony

when the audience knows more than the character

3
New cards

situational irony

when events turn out in a way opposite of expected

4
New cards

cosmic irony

on grandscale, when we think God is out to get us; went on a long road trip so you get new tires but on the way back home you run over a nail, ironic because if you would’ve never went to get new tires you would’ve never hit the nail

5
New cards

the weird

intrusion of something that doesn’t belong, alien, incomprehensible

6
New cards

the eerie

disturbance caused by what is missing, silent, inexplicably there