What is verbal irony?

Title:: What is verbal irony?
Speaker:: Christopher Warner
Description:: At face value the lines between verbal irony sarcasm and compliments can be blurry. After all the phrase 'That looks nice' could be all three depending on the circumstances. In the final of a three part series on irony Christopher Warner gets into the irony you may use most often and most casually: verbal irony. [Directed by Ben Pearce, narrated by Christopher Warner].

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TED-Ed
Duration:: 03:29

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