Irony+and+juxtaposition

Types of irony:
 * Irony** illustrates a situation, or a use of language, involving some kind of discrepancy.
 * **Situational Irony** is the most common in literature. It is the contrast between what happens and what was expected, or what would seem appropriate.
 * Example:**

Water, water, every where,

And all the boards did shrink ;

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink

__The Rhime of the Ancient Mariner__, Samuel Taylor Coleridge > **Example** : > “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; > And Brutus is an honourable man” > __Julius Caesar__ by William Shakespeare > **Example:** > __Oedipus Rex__ by Sophocles in which Oedipus searches to find the murderer of the former king of Thebes, only to discover that it is himself, which is known to the audience all along
 * **Verbal Irony** is the contrast between what is said and what is meant. In other words, sarcasm.
 * **Dramatic Irony** is the contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader/viewer) know to be true.

Read the class Fearless - what is ironic about this book?

Juxtaposition can be used to create irony as this classic segment from The Godfather shows. media type="custom" key="12225358"



What is ironic about the cover of Year of Wonders? What is ironic about the title and content of the book?