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iris [78.8K]
3 years ago
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What is irony?

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Masteriza [31]3 years ago
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Irony is:
A. a literary technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions. 

The definition of irony is: <span>a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result.

An example of irony would be that </span><span>the name of Britain’s biggest dog (until it died recently) was 'Tiny'.</span>
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