Irony is one of those things you kind of know when you see or hear it on screen, but it's much harder to define and put into layman's terms.

Using picture books as mentor texts is the perfect way to teach verbal, dramatic, and situational irony to middle school students.

In her 1996 hit “Ironic,” Alanis Morissette famously sings that irony is “like rain on your wedding day” and “a black fly in your chardonnay.” Sorry ...

How often have you asked someone, “Isn’t that ironic?” While ironic is used to describe certain situations, many times, it’s actually misused and misunderstood. To start off, it’s important to know ...