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What are three types of irony? Provide an example for each.

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Dramatic Irony / tragic Irony- Reader knows something that the characters do not.

Situational Irony-involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

Verbal Irony- The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says.