IGNOU EEG 1 BEGE 101 2017 2018 - What is irony? How is it different from satire and paradox? Give appro

Question

What is irony? How is it different from satire and paradox? Give appropriate examples to illustrate your answer.

05 Mar 2018

Answer :

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Irony ‘“ refers to real or literary situations or conversations where the evident meaning of a statement or action is incongruous with its intended meaning.

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Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between appearance and reality.

Common Examples of Irony

I posted a video on YouTube about how boring and useless YouTube is.

The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny.”

You laugh at a person who slipped stepping on a banana peel, and the next thing you know, you’ve slipped too.

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