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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RANIPUR (2024-25)

CLASS VIII

DATE- 21/8/2024

NAME OF THE CHAPTER- FIGURES OF SPEECH

IRONY

Ironical phrases are said and heard by everyone but do you know what an ironic figure of speech
is? These are the sentences that have a fair bit of contradiction between what is said and what it
means. These words are used both professionally and personally to create fun, creativity, or
different expressions.
What is an Ironic Figure of Speech?
If you want to know about the meaning of Irony, here it is. It is a figure of speech. The irony is
one of the most widely- known literary devices, which is used to express a strong emotion or
raise a point.
Talking about it more, irony refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of
what is said. It is used in the sentence to convey something else with some other words. It shows
the game and magic of words.
Irony Meaning
The irony is a contradiction between words and expressions. It confuses the other person about
what you said and what you meant. The irony figure of speech is characterized by contrast and
incongruity between reality and appearance. You will think about the words and their actual
meaning. Have a look at this example.

For example: If a traffic officer has confiscated a man’s license. Then the man can say, “Thank
you, Officer, now that you have my license I can’t drive”.

In the above sentence, the man was seriously angry and irritated by the act of the traffic officer
because he had confiscated the man’s license but instead of expressing his anger fairly, he used
irony to thank him for the same.

Types of Irony
There are three types of ironical figures of speech.

1. Verbal Irony
The verbal irony is a contrast between what is said and what is meant. It shows the contradiction
between words and expressions.
For example:
#. After looking at a student’s poor test score, the teacher says, “You will surely finish the year
with the highest honours”.

#. A man tastes his wife’s delicious home-cooked meal and exclaims, “I shall never eat this food
ever again”.
#. After they kissed, the groom, with a smile on his face, muttered to his bride, “This is the day I
will always want to forget”.
2. Situational Irony
Situational irony occurs when the audience or the reader knows more than the character about
every event. Talking differently, it refers to what the character thinks is true is incongruous with
what the audience knows. Let’s get it perfectly with the help of examples.
For examples:
#. Dr. Johnson smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.

#. Our boss, the owner of a big construction firm, cannot fix his house’s broken ceiling.

#. The defense lawyer failed to acquit his son in a case


3. Dramatic irony
It is both a literary and theatrical device in which the reader or audience knows more than the
characters they are following. The characters’ actions have a different meaning for the audience
than they do for the actors or characters, and this device often lends itself to tragedy.

# Dramatic irony abounds in works of tragedy. In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, for


example, the audience knows that Oedipus’s acts are tragic mistakes long
before he recognizes his own errors.
# William Shakespeare (as in Othello’s trust of the treacherous Iago in the
play Othello)
REFRAIN
A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza. See the
refrain “jump back, honey, jump back” in Paul Lawrence poem.
# It is magical, this life that I live
Each day it gives something
Something it gives each day.
It is magical, absolutely magical the life that I live.
REPETITION
Repetition is a literary device in which a word or phrase is used multiple times. Repetition can be
found throughout literature. Most commonly, it is found in poetry and speeches to create rhythm
or emphasize a word or phrase. There are various types of repetition defined by where and how
words and phrases are repeated in a body of text.

# Wax on. Wax off. - Karate Kid

# It is magical, this life that I live


Each day it gives something
Something it gives each day.
It is magical, absolutely magical the life that I live.

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