Irony Defined
Last week we gave our speeches for my public speaking class. The speeches were to be personal opinion speeches. During the speeches there was a girl that gave a Pro-Bush speech. Giving no real why to back him except that “all” republicans are against abortion and “all” democrats are for it. Her second point was that Bush was honorable and Clinton cheated on his wife. I didn’t know Clinton was running again but whatever. So as she went on I had to bury my head because I was laughing. It’s not that the speech was horrible but she wasn’t making a point. It was awful. I guess it was an example of what happens when nobody picks up a paper or turns on a television.
Last night I received back my grade for my first speech in my public speaking 101 class. Along with my grade I get the responses back of my classmates who rate me. After I read what I received I started to read what people thought about my speech. By mistake the teacher switched the packet I had the girl who gave the Bush speech. Ironic I guess….
Actually, that’s not irony at all. Irony is when the actual result is the exact opposite of the intended or expected result. What you’re describing here is coincidence, and don’t feel too bad because so many people mistake the latter for the former that the definition should probably be changed anyway.
Irony: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
Isn’t that what happened?
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