Irony - 2
Read the following examples:
- ‘Brilliant idea of yours to go out for a walk’, when it is raining.
- ‘Well, that was really smart,’ to someone who has just dropped their keys down a drain.
- ‘Really, you are too kind,’ to a person who pushes in front of you in a queue.
- I swear, I'm going to kill my boss one of these days. (overstatement)
Examples situational irony
- Members of one political party investigate the ethics of members of the other.
- Christopher Reeve starred in films as Superman but became paralysed after an accident.
- A fire station burns down while the fire-fighters are out getting a cat out of a tree.