irony

     

Irony is a literary or rhetorical evice, in which there is an incongruity or discordance between what a speaker or writer says and what he or she means, or what is generally understood.

Trivia about irony

  • 5-letter word for when the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning
  • In "Reality Bites" Ethan Hawke says it's when the actual meaning is different from the literal meaning
  • When the audience knows something that one of the characters doesn't, it's dramatic this, isn't it?