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Irony
Irony is a literary technique or rhetorical device in which what appears on the surface differs radically from what is actually the case. It often involves a contrast between expectations and reality.
Examples in context
It was a touch of irony that the lifeguard had to be rescued from the pool.
It was a touch of irony that the lifeguard had to be rescued from the pool.
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
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