wonder about the degree of di culty) or express warning or sympathy about the task proposed. See
irony.Inversion is a very powerful way to enliven and enrich your writing. Take care that sentence elements in a di erent order than expected work according to all the necessary
rules and are still clear enough to be followed.
Irony. When a writer or speaker says one thing but suggests somehow that a di erent or
opposite meaning is intended, the statement is said to be ironic Life is short, but who would want it any other way Clearly some people want life to be longer, so that this
rhetorical question could be said to be ironic. Irony is a useful device
to draw attention to a point, but it often eludes some readers who treat statements literally.
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