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BHA: Irony

Carroll,

>In 40 years of teaching I never
>succeeded in finding a satisfactory way to explain irony to students. It
>seems to be like obscenity in the view of (whichever) supreme court
>justice.

Why not say irony occurs when someone utters or writes a sentence in a
context which makes clear that the opposite is believed to be the truth?

What am I missing?

Louis Irwin





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