Irony is figure of speech in which one thing is said and another is to be understood or in which one thing is said, but circumstances show that the opposite is the case, e.g. saying 'It is a good thing we came early' when the cinema is almost empty. | Literature and literary devices

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Irony is figure of speech in which one thing is said and another is to be understood or in which one thing is said, but circumstances show that the opposite is the case, e.g. saying 'It is a good thing we came early' when the cinema is almost empty.

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Irony is figure of speech in which one thing is said and another is to be understood or in which one thing is said, but circumstances show that the opposite is the case, e.g. saying 'It is a good thing we came early' when the cinema is almost empty.

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  • Literature and literary devices