The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time By Mark Haddon

Irony is a figure of speech that has an intentional meaning different from what the words would mean literally, and could also refer to an unexpected twist in the plot. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, irony is used a few times, especially since Christopher does detective work that he hides from his father. This is called dramatic irony because the reader knows somethimg that another character doesn't. "... I heard Father come out in the garden and call out, "Christopher...? Christopher...?"" This is an example of dramatic irony because Father does not know where Christopher is even though the reader knew that Christopher was hiding in a small space between a shed and a fence. Another situation in which