UNMASKING IRONY: TYPES, EXAMPLES, AND IMPACT

Irony, a rhetorical tool, can be a tricky beast to understand. It often involves a contradiction between what is said and what is actually meant. There are various of irony, each with its own subtleties. One common type is situational irony, where a circumstance develops in a way that is the contrary of what is predicted. For example, imagine a fi