Situational Irony
It's situational ironySituational irony is the disparity of intention and result: when the result of an action is contrary to the desired or expected effect
The irony of a story is when things do not always end the way you expect them to. You expect the ending to be one way, yet something ironic occurs to change the ending of the story completely.
Expected value is the outcome of confidence of how probability distribution is characterized. If the expected value is greater than the confidence interval then the results are significant.
The story "Saturday Climbing" contains situational irony, as the mother expects a tense conversation with her daughter during their climbing trip, but instead, they bond and communicate effectively. This outcome is unexpected and contrasts with the mother's initial worries, creating irony in the situation.
irony
Irony is a style of writing like comedy, tragedy, or romance. It basically states that the book has little or no hope in it and the only thing that keeps people reading is the hope that it won't turn out as bad as it actually does. Horror is a good example of irony as a theme
The kind of irony in which the audience might witness a crime offstage unseen by any of the characters
I believe it is irony
the opposite of vicious is gentle / kind
I can think of two answers off the top of my head. The first and most common is coincidence. Many people will mistake coincidental events for an ironic situation. The key here is that by definition, a coincidence is made up of two or more unrelated events which put together seem to create some kind of pattern. An example would be two friends both being pulled over by the police on the same day. Irony however, is characterized by an event occurring because of another related event, which would generally be expected to yield the opposite result. An example of this would be for someone to be pulled over for speeding because he was busy turning on his radar scanner and didn't notice a cop sitting on a side street.The second answer I can think of is what I'll call for lack of a better term incongruity. Heres a few scenarios that fit into this category, and which many people would call irony.-A notorious rule-breaker and criminal being elected to oversee the discipline committee for an organization-A soldier coming home after a grueling tour in a dangerous country and being killed in a car accident in the suburbs-A writer gaining world renown for a book he personally hates and spent less than half the time and effort writing as he did on his other little known and non-critically acclaimed worksThis kind of pseudo-irony is much harder to distinguish from true irony because it does contain some of the characteristics of irony. There is an unexpected result. A guide to figuring out whether or not something applies as true irony is to think of someone trying to do something, but by their actions actually getting the opposite result.I hope this has been helpful. I'm not an english teacher or a linguist, just a construction worker, so I apologize for any errors i may have made. English teachers and linguists, feel free to revise if necessary
The repeated phrase "War is Kind" is an example of verbal irony because war is often associated with death, suffering, and destruction, not kindness. The speaker's reassurance to the woman that her lover is "brave and dead" is also ironic as it juxtaposes bravery with death in a seemingly positive way.
Dramatic irony is the particular kind of irony for which the play 'Oedipus Rex' is known. In dramatic irony, a character describes a then existing situation as being greatly different from what it actually is. Such an incorrect perception of reality sets up a tension that encourages the audience to examine important questions.