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Irony

Irony. Overview, definition and examples. Introduction to irony. The concept of irony is a very confusing idea to grasp. Even for native speakers, there is a lot of confusion about what it actually is and how it can be used.

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Irony

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  1. Irony Overview, definition and examples

  2. Introduction to irony The concept of irony is a very confusing idea to grasp. Even for native speakers, there is a lot of confusion about what it actually is and how it can be used. Between countries (the UK and the US for example) the use of irony varies wildly. The British humour is said to be very ironic in comparison to the American humour.

  3. What is irony? There are many different definitions of irony, but the simplest and best definition I have found is: Irony is when something happens opposite to what was expected. Irony can appear in spoken terms, written down or as an event.

  4. Spoken irony Consider a person looking out of a window on a really bad day for weather. It is raining very heavily outside and would be dangerous to go out. After looking at the weather, they turn to their partner and say, “What a lovely day!” Due to the presence of the exclamation mark, we can tell it was an ironic statement, however if it was spoken, there would be fewer evident clues.

  5. Spoken irony “What a lovely day!” The only real way to know the speaker was being ironic would be to understand the situation, and understand that this must have been irony (unless of course the person was just wrong or had a different idea of what a “lovely day” is).

  6. Spoken irony Going back to the original definition of “when something happens opposite to what was expected” it becomes clear that: “What a lovely day!” is ironic in this situation because it would be the opposite thing you would expect to hear after seeing such terrible weather outside.

  7. Ironic events Consider a person who is walking outside and gets hit by a car and hurt badly . When the driver of the car gets out, it turns out to be a doctor. This can be said to be an ironic event, because it is the opposite of what you would expect to happen (that a doctor would be the one responsible for hurting you).

  8. Ironic deaths Many people die in ironic ways. We say they have ironic deaths. Listen to the lion hunter story. Why is it a very ironic death? Listen to the Rod Hull death story. Why is it a very ironic death?

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