Verbal Irony
"Verbal irony is not sarcasm," Mr. Dell said to my freshman English peers and I. "Sarcasm is insulting a person. Verbal irony is not. For example, if you turn on the water fountain, see brown water and go, 'Oh, the water is so clear,' that is verbal irony." "But Mr. Dell," Mark Vito said, "that... Sign in to see full entry.