_________ is the expression of words or ideas opposed to what is literally meant or expected called.

English

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Whitepunk [10]3 years ago

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Verbal Irony is the answer.

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Rainbow [258]3 years ago

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The Irony is a literary device where the words are used to mean something different than the literal meaning, it can be Verbal Irony, as it was just explain, or also situational, where a situation is developed a different way than it was expected.

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