Situational Irony Examples

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Irony is an important thing to have. It makes stories, movies, and conversations more interesting. Irony can keep you hooked in to boring story. There are different types of irony for different types of stories.
One type of irony is verbal irony. Verbal irony is what is said is different from what is meant. For instance, when people said the Titanic is an unsinkable ship, they were false because the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, after hitting an iceberg. Another good example is, in theater people say, “Break a leg,” but what they really mean is good luck.
A different type of irony is situational irony. Situation irony is when something happens that we would not expect to happen. A good example is, if a fire station

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