Two to three times more people die in alcohol-related car accidents during the week of Christmas and New Year's than other comparable time periods. During the rest of December, 28 percent of traffic-related deaths involve a drunk driver; that number jumps to 40 percent during the week of Christmas and New Year's.
Examples of Situational Irony in Literature. This form of irony is commonly used to emphasize important scenes and to make unusual images more vivid. Usually, writers use strong word associations with this form of irony and add variation, fresh thoughts, and adornment to their literary pieces.
Verbal irony occurs when a statement by a character denotes an unexpected result. The irony is within the statement. Dramatic irony occurs when the reader of a story or viewerâ¦ of a play or movie knows that a character is doing something that will have an unexpected result while the character is unaware of it. The irony is within the reader/viewer's mind things unfold.