Irony130801116王露1ContentDefinnition.Function.CommonFormsofIrony.Practice.21.Afigureofspeechinwhichtheintendedmeaningistheoppositeofthatexpressedbythewordsused;usuallytakingtheformofsarcasmorridiculeinwhichlaudatoryexpressionsareusedtoimplycondemnationorcontempt.___OxfordEnglishDictionatyDefinition2.Useofawordinsuchawayastoconveyameaningoppositetotheliteralmeaningoftheword._____Corbett33、Amethodofhumorousorsubtlysarcasticexpressioninwhichtheintendedmeaningofthewordsusedisthedirectoppositeoftheirusualsense.____Webster'sNewWorldDictionary.综上所述,我们可以知道。英语中的IRONY就是我们通常说的“说反语”。它是故意使用与本意“恰好相反”的词语或句子来表达本意的一种修辞。4FunctionAsironyisthereplacementofanexpressionthatismentbyitsopposite,wordsusedinironyarenottobetakenliterally.Mostformsofironyinvolvetheperceptionorawarenessofdiscrepancyorincongruitybetweenwordsandtheirmeaning,betweenappearanceandreality.Forexample,whensomeonehatestheweatherwhichspoilshistripsandsays,whataniceday!isactuallyintendedtomeanbad,awfulandabominable.5ThreekingsofTrony—VerbalIrony(口头式反语)—SituationalIrony(情景式反语)—DramaticIrony(戏剧式反语)6VerbalIronyInverbalironyaspeakersaysonethingbutmeanstheopposite.isthesimplestkindofironycanbecomesarcasm(讽刺挖苦)iftakentoaharshextreme7VerbalIronyYouareafinegoalkeeper,allowingtheothersidetoscoresixgoals.你不愧是一个出色的守门员,让对方进了六个球。Thevirtuous,dignifiedbishophasfourillegitimatechildren.那个品德高尚、威严的主教有四个私生子。8SituationalIronyInSituationalironyWhatactuallyhappensistheoppositeofwhatisexpectedorappropriate.isoftenhumorousmaymockhumanplansandintentions,whichinreallifeoftencometolittle.9SituationalIrony例句见论文:曹婉君《试析英语反语与讽刺》10DramaticIronyDramaticironyoccurswhenthereaderortheaudienceknowssomethingimportantthatthecharacterdoesnotknow.addsgreatlytothetensioninstories,plays,andmovies.heightensthesenseofhumorincomediesanddeepensthesenseofdreadintragedies.11DramaticIrony12例句见论文:曹婉君《试析英语反语与讽刺》13VerbalironySayonethingbutmeantheoppositeSituationalironyWhathappensistheoppositeofwhatisexpectedDramaticironyWeknowsomethingacharacterdoesnotknowPractice14Aftertrippingoverhisownfeet,theteenexclaims,“Thatwasgraceful!”QuickCheckThemovieaudienceknowsthatahostilealienisjustpastthedoor.“Don'tgointhere!”onevieweryellsatthescreen.Theguestopenshismouthtocomplishmentthechef,butbeforehecanspeak,heburpslongandloudly.Identifyeachitemasoneofthefollowing:verbalironysituationalironydramaticirony15Thankyou