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by Joanne on October 21st, 2009

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How do I explain what ironically means to my child and a sentence with it that a 13 year old would understand?

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  • by Bookworm on October 21st, 2009

    Bookworm

    That is a hard one, the word "ironically" is difficult to explain, since irony itself it a very intangible concept.

    I will try, but there a bunch of different types of irony.

    This is the easiest one to give an example of:

    "The man sold his watch to buy his wife a beautiful comb for her long hair. Ironically, she had sold her hair to buy the man a chain for his watch."

    This is situational irony. I think it is the best use of ironically I can think of.

    Good luck.

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  • by Kornflapper on October 21st, 2009

    Kornflapper

    You can't fully explain it. Just say it's "sort of like a surprise ending."

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