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Definition of Verbal Irony
Verbal irony occurs when the literal meaning of what someone says is different from—and often opposite to—what they actually mean. When there's a hurricane raging outside and someone remarks "what... read full definition
Verbal irony occurs when the literal meaning of what someone says is different from—and often opposite to—what they actually mean. When there's a hurricane raging... read full definition
Verbal irony occurs when the literal meaning of what someone says is different from—and often opposite to—what they actually mean... read full definition
Chapter 57
Explanation and Analysis—State Bird:
In Chapter 57, Randy Lenz and Bruce Green walk around the city at night. The passage is packed with imagery, including one image that Lenz comments on with verbal irony:
The State Bird of Massachusetts, [Lenz] shares to Green, is the police siren. To Project and to Swerve.
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