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WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IRONY? GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES.
Irony in its broadest sense, is a literary technique or event characterized by a contrast, between reality (what is) and appearance (what seems to be). The irony of a statement often depends on context. If one looks out of his window at a rain storm and remarks to a friend, "Wonderful day, isn't it?" the contradiction between the facts and the implied description of them establishes the irony. "Today was a very cold and bitter day, as cold and bitter as a cup of hot chocolate." Ironic similes: as soft as concrete as clear as mud as pleasant as a root canal


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