In this story, there are many different forms of irony. The three forms of irony are verbal, situational, and dramatic. Verbal irony is when someone says something, but they mean the opposite of what they say. Situational irony is when something happens, but it isn’t what we expected. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the characters in the story don’t know.
An example of verbal irony, is when Miss. Strangeworth begins writing one of her letters. In her letter she writes “Didn’t you ever see an idiot child before?”. When she says this, she does not mean that the child is actually an idiot. What Miss. Strangeworth is trying to say, is that the child comprehends mental and physical skills more slowly than other children.
An example of verbal irony, is when Miss. Strangeworth begins writing one of her letters. In her letter she writes “Didn’t you ever see an idiot child before?”. When she says this, she does not mean that the child is actually an idiot. What Miss. Strangeworth is trying to say, is that the child comprehends mental and physical skills more slowly than other children.