DECIPHERING IRONY: VARIETIES, INSTANCES, AND INFLUENCE

Irony, a rhetorical tool, can be a tricky beast to understand. It often involves a contradiction between what is implied and what is intended. Several distinct of irony, each with its own subtleties. One common type is situational irony, where events unfold in a way that is the opposite of what is expected. For example, imagine a read more fire st