4. An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery and died the next day It's a black fly in your Chardonnay It's a death row pardon two minutes too late And isn't it ironic... don't you think It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take Who would've thought... it figures Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye He waited his whole damn life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down he thought "Well isn't this nice...“ And isn't it ironic... don't you think It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take Who would've thought... it figures Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you When you think everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a funny way of helping you out when You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up In your face A traffic jam when you're already late A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife It's meeting the man of my dreams And then meeting his beautiful wife And isn't it ironic...don't you think A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think... It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take Who would've thought... it figures Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out Helping you out

5. When something happens in the exact opposite way of what you expected Irony is commonly misused. For Something to Be Qualified as Ironic: the expectation of reality is opposite of what actually happens what is said doesn’t fit what is meant

6. rony that occurs when the situation is understood by the audience but not the characters involved TRAGIC/BLACK IRONY type of irony that falls under dramatic irony & revolves around death and tragic

7. a fire station during down a police car being stolen outside of a police station forgetting the name of the tea your drinking that’s supposed to help your memory meatless meatballs stress relief candles burning down a house a couple is too poor to buy each other Christmas gifts. The wife cuts off her treasured hair to sell it to a wig-maker for money to buy her husband a chain for his pocket watch. The husband sells his watch to buy her a set of combs for her prized hair (The Gift of Magi) Romeo finds Juliet drugged in a death-like sleep and assumes she's dead and kills himself. Juliet wakes up to see Romeo dead beside her and kills herself with his dagger. (Romeo and Juliet) ‏

8. a Jewish man is electrocuted by Christmas lights Steve Irwin being killed by a string-ray as opposed to all the other dangerous animals he's faced Colonel Sanders (KFC) chokes and dies on his six piece meal

9. Rain on your wedding day. Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark I hate slogan t-shirts. I choked on a life saver. “You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.” If money doesn't grow on trees, why do banks have branches? If swimming helps you lose weight. Explain whales.

10. IRONY: when something happens in the exact opposite way of what you expected For Something to Be Qualified as Ironic: the expectation of reality is opposite of what actually happens what is said doesn’t fit what is meant EXAMPLE: a fire station during down A SUV with a bumper sticker that says keep earth green DRAMATIC IRONY: irony in a literature that occurs when the situation is understood by the audience but not the characters involved EXAMPLE: Romeo & Juliet TRAGIC/BLACK IRONY: type of irony that falls under dramatic irony - revolves around death and tragiv EXAMPLE: a Jewish man is electrocuted by Christmas lights