Question

Give 3 examples of Verbal irony

Answer 1

1. A person is stepping out into a hurricane and says, “What nice weather we are having!”

2. Looking at her son’s dirty room, the mom would say, “Wow! You would win an award for cleanliness!”

3. A person is mad and when someone asks them if they are okay, they respond with, “Oh I am just fine! My day is going great!”


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Answer 2

sarcasm (saying “Oh, fantastic!” when the situation is actually very bad)

Socratic irony (pretending to be ignorant to show that someone else is ignorant: "I'm confused, I thought your curfew was at 11. Isn't it past 12 now?")

understatement (saying "We don't get along" after having a huge fight with someone)

overstatement (saying "I'll die if I can't go to the concert!")

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