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What is a situational irony

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Situational irony is when there is an event or action happening and you expect it to play out a certain way but it plays out in a different way. So it's something that you did not expect or intend to happen.

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Hi! Piper here.

Forgive me if I'm incorrect, but situational irony is when you expect something to happen, but something else happens that's extremely different from what you were expecting. Situational irony is usually comedic.


Example:

Bob is told that it will rain. He brings his umbrella outside. It did not rain, and Bob was left out in the sun. Bob goes to his house to put away his umbrella, but right when he steps outside it starts to rain heavily!

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