In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald employs metamorphaeurphraist irony in the quote: "Cant repeat the past... Of course you can!"
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Many people believe verbal irony to be synonymous with sarcasm, but sarcasm is only one of the common types of verbal irony. It appears in four basic forms:
1- sarcasm (saying “Oh, fantastic!” when the situation is actually very bad)
2-Socratic irony (pretending to be ignorant to show that someone else is ignorant: "I'm confused, I thought your curfew was at 11. Isn't it past 12 now?")
3- understatement (saying "We don't get along" after having a huge fight with someone)
4- overstatement (saying "I'll die if I can't go to the concert!")
1- sarcasm (saying “Oh, fantastic!” when the situation is actually very bad)
2-Socratic irony (pretending to be ignorant to show that someone else is ignorant: "I'm confused, I thought your curfew was at 11. Isn't it past 12 now?")
3- understatement (saying "We don't get along" after having a huge fight with someone)
4- overstatement (saying "I'll die if I can't go to the concert!")
by elmotawa7ed July 11, 2022
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by Greyaiden June 28, 2022
Get the Irony mug.When someone tries to pretend they were being ironic, but they meant exactly what they were saying. Often a tactic of bullies and fascists who claim they were just making jokes and having fun, but the intent has nothing to do with having fun.
It's false irony when Matt Walsh's Twitter calls himself a "Theocratic fascist", and pretends he's just being ironic, but then actually promotes fascism.
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by Dingg0 February 19, 2018
Get the Irony mug.These flat earthers don´t even understand the scientific evidence that god made the earth round and not flat 6000 years ago.
The irony isn´t lost on me, when creationists make fun of flat earthers for not understanding science.
The irony isn´t lost on me, when creationists make fun of flat earthers for not understanding science.
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