Between the lines
Do you know what irony is? Irony is an expression, in which the real meaning is
conveyed by stating the exact opposite, usually for humorous effect.
Do you think this line from the story is ironic? How?
...it was very strange that people could not get up at a decent, respectable time.”
Answers
Answer:
Irony is when something happens almost coincidentally, as if it were on cue. An example of dramatic irony, in the story, was when Billy drank from the bitter-y almond tea. Everyone knew that it was arsenic, but Billy didn't. His lack of knowing most likely got him killed.
Explanation:
: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called also Socratic irony
2: a) the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
b) a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
c) an ironic expression or utterance
3: a) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result; an event or result marked by such incongruity
b) incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony, tragic irony