What is verbal irony? saying something that contradicts what one means or believes something that happens that contradicts the e
xpectations of characters, readers, or audience the struggle between different social, economic, and historical attitudes and beliefs an action not in keeping with a group’s attitudes or beliefs
<u>Verbal irony</u> <em>is saying something that contradicts what one means or believes</em>. Verbal irony is an intentional product of the speaker and is contradictory to his or her emotions or actions. The writer makes a character use a statement with an underlying meaning that is different from its literal meaning.
