Irony types for LT4

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irony

absurd discrepancy between what is expected and what exists

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situational irony

Where an event occurs which is unexpected, and which is in absurd or mocking opposition to what is expected or appropriate 

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dramatic irony

the audience knows more than the characters in the play, so that words and action have additional meaning for the audience

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verbal irony

discrepancy between what is said and what is meant, what is said and what is done, what is expected or intended and what happens, what is meant or said and what others understand