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The Verbal Irony In The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Keveras County

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In the short story, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Caleveras County” by Mark Twain, there are many examples of irony. Some types of irony include, verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony. Verbal irony is when someone says something that means the opposite, situational irony is when a situation’s outcome is inconsistent with what we expect to happen. Dramatic irony is when the audience is aware of something the character doesn’t know.
First of all, an example of situational irony is when Andrew Jackson, Jim Smiley’s dog, was fighting a dog with no back legs. The text states, “Well, the fight had gone on for awhile, and the money was all bet. So old Andrew Jackson went to make his first move. But he saw there was no back leg
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