Read the sentence. “I just love having five research papers due on the same day!” This sentence is an example of

The speaker says, “I just love” having five papers due together, but likely means that the situation is frustrating, not enjoyable. When someone’s words mean the opposite of what they literally say, that is verbal irony. Situational irony involves an unexpected outcome, while dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something a character does not.

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