What is irony? a weapon used by writers to defend themselves against the dangers of using satire a contradiction between the actual meaning of words and the meaning intended by the writer a mask by writers to disguise the true object of their ridicule a genre of writing that uses humor to poke fun at human error and foolishness

A contradiction between the actual meaning of words and the meaning intended by the writer.

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Irony is a contradiction between the actual meaning of words and the meaning intended by the writer.

In simple words, the meaning of irony is the difference between appearance and reality.

it could change in many ways and by that i mean income can go lower or higher depending on how hard you work. i hope this .

1. the relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent- reference

reference refers to the relationship between mainly pronoun and another unit of grammar- noun phrase or noun.

2. a singular noun naming a collection or group- collective noun.

collective noun refers to the kind of noun which refer to the name of people, thing or anything in collective. for instance bundle of sticks, herein 'bundle' is collective noun.  

3. a modifying clause whose subject and/or verb is implied- elliptical clause

it is a clause in which words are being left out. on the other hand, the missing word is understood due to the logic or pattern of the sentence.  

4. two or more nouns and/or pronouns serving the same grammatical function and followed by a pronoun that references one or all nouns- compound antecedent

compound antecedent refers to which is made up of two or more words which are joined by 'or' or 'and.'

5. an adjective clause introduced by a pronoun- relative clause.

relative clauses are the clauses which begin with the relative pronouns such as when, where, which, that or who. the noun that precedes, relative pronouns identify or define that noun.  

6. the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers- antecedent.

antecedents refers to the phrases, clauses or words which are replaced with one of the third personal pronouns.