![]() ![]() However, Socratic irony will not be discussed in this article as it is mainly philosophical. There's also Socratic irony, or questioning to lead another to a seemingly self-created conclusion. We can recognize irony by its three Halloween-themed disguises: Situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony. Also, irony is not oxymoron: when something directly contradicts itself, such as ‘jumbo shrimp’. Yet irony is not malapropism: a situation where a word is incorrectly yet deliberately used, often for comic relief. Irony may be confused with a handful of other rhetorical devices that also contain contradictive elements. What ‘irony’ is may well be a hot topic of discussion among librarians and English majors on cold afternoons. The Giver is the groundbreaking 1994 Newbery award winner in which a young boy, Jonas, is sorted into a painfully real career receiving memories from a tired Giver in a seemingly perfect community. Lois Lowry uses irony to create complicated layers of ethics, emotion and morality in The Giver. ![]() "It’s ironic, a little too ironic don’t you think?" Aside from Alanis Morisette’s literary lyrics, irony is a common rhetorical device used to add drama and mystery. He is assured by the community that he will never be starving in his life. ![]() In The Giver, Jonas is scolded for using imprecise language of “starving”. ![]()
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